thimbleweed

noun

a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles

• Syn: ↑Anemone cylindrica

• Hypernyms: ↑anemone, ↑windflower

• Hyponyms: ↑longheaded thimbleweed, ↑Anemone riparia, ↑Virginia thimbleweed, ↑Anemone virginiana

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: so called from the conical receptacle

1. : coneflower a

2. : any of various anemones: as

a. : wood anemone a

b. : a common No. American anemone (Anemone cylindrica) with silky leathery sepals and crimson styles

c. : a similar plant (A. riparia) of northern No. America with white to red petaloid sepals

d. : an anemone (A. virginiana) of the eastern and central United States with variable often pubescent leathery or petaloid green to reddish or pure white sepals

3. : prairie clover

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/thim"beuhl weed'/, n.

any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, esp. either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.

[1825-35, Amer.; THIMBLE + WEED¹]

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thimbˈleweed noun

Any of several plants with a thimble-shaped head, esp the N American Anemone riparia or Anemone virginiana

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Main Entry: ↑thimble