Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PULSATILLA
Pul `sa *til "la, n. Etym: [NL. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pulsatilla
pul sa til la |ˌpəlsəˈtilə ˌpəlsəˈtɪlə | ▶noun a plant of a genus that includes the pasqueflower. [Genus Pulsatilla, family Ranunculaceae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, diminutive of pulsatus ‘battered, ’ expressing the notion ‘small flower battered by the wind. ’
Oxford Dictionary
pulsatilla
pulsatilla |ˌpʌlsəˈtɪlə | ▶noun a plant of a genus that includes the pasque flower. ●Genus Pulsatilla, family Ranunculaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, diminutive of pulsatus ‘beaten about ’, expressing the notion ‘small flower beaten by the wind ’.
Duden Dictionary
Pulsatilla
Pul sa til la Substantiv, feminin Botanik , die |Pulsat i lla |die Pulsatilla; Genitiv: der Pulsatilla lateinisch-neulateinisch Kuhschelle
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