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strawflower

n. Any of many Australian plants of the genus (taxlink Xerochrysum genus noshow=1), especially (taxlink Xerochrysum bracteatum species), having deep yellow flowers than can be readily dried.

WordNet
strawflower
  1. n. plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried [syn: cornflower, Uvularia grandiflora]

  2. any of various plants of the genus Helipterum

  3. Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the choice everlasting of dried-flower lovers [syn: golden everlasting, yellow paper daisy, Helichrysum bracteatum]

Usage examples of "strawflower".

Baskets of strawflowers, nigella, globe amaranth, celosia, blue salvia, and poppy pods.

And when he farts, the whole room lights up like the signs in Strawflower Square!

Much of the night was already gone and in the morning I was to be taken to Strawflower Square.

The marshals of the Parliamentary Guard came to take me to Strawflower Square, which was almost deserted.

He would never forget the wild warriors he had seen in Strawflower Square, calmly stringing their bows as the flailing black shadows came down on them from the sky.

The flowers were color-coordinated with the walls: bronze chrysanthemums, sprays of pale everlasting, a sprinkling of strawflowers colored like the orange metal of cheap Far Eastern jewelry.