saint-catherine's flower

saint-catherine's flower
\\-ˈkath(ə)rə̇nz-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized S&C
Etymology: after St. Catherine of Alexandria died ab307 Christian martyr who was tortured on a spiked wheel
1. [so called from the fancied resemblance of the styles to the spikes on Catherine's wheel] : love-in-a-mist 1

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