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Wiktionary
n. 1 A wild (uncultivated) flowering plant. 2 A flower from such a plant.
WordNet
n. wild or uncultivated flowering plant [syn: wild flower]
Wikipedia
A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Yet "wildflower" meadows of a few mixed species are sold in seed packets. The term implies that the plant probably is neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar that is in any way different from the way it appears in the wild as a native plant, even if it is growing where it would not naturally. The term can refer to the flowering plant as a whole, even when not in bloom, and not just the flower.
"Wildflower" is not an exact term. Terms like native species (naturally occurring in the area, see flora), exotic or, better, introduced species (not naturally occurring in the area), of which some are labelled invasive species (that out-compete other plants – whether native or not), imported (introduced to an area whether deliberately or accidentally) and naturalized (introduced to an area, but now considered by the public as native) are much more accurate.
In the United Kingdom, the organisation Plantlife International instituted the "County Flowers scheme" in 2002, for which members of the public nominated and voted for a wild flower emblem for their county. The aim was to spread awareness of the heritage of native species and about the need for conservation, as some of these species are endangered. For example, Somerset has adopted the Cheddar Pink ( Dianthus gratianopolitanus), London the Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) and Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych in Wales the rare Limestone Woundwort ( Stachys alpina).
A wildflower is a flower that grows wild.
Wildflower or Wildflowers may also refer to:
- Wildflower, California, community in Fresno County
- Wildflower Triathlon, annual triathlon held in the Spring, central California
- Wildflower Festival (disambiguation), a list of annual festivals at various localities for wildflowers
- Wild Flower (Jade Empire) is the name of a character in the Xbox video game "Jade Empire"
- Wildflower, a 1923 Broadway musical with music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans
Wildflower is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, first released September 27, 2005. Although the album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, it received mixed reviews and was not as commercially successful as previous albums, having also peaked at #25 on the UK Album Chart (where all her previous studio albums had been Top 10 successes).
In December 2005, however, the album was nominated for a Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy Award, while Sheryl Crow was nominated for a Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for the song " Good Is Good".
The album was certified platinum in the U.S. in December 2005, and as of January 2008, it had sold 949,000 units (over the counter) there.
A deluxe edition of the CD was also released, which contains an additional DVD featuring acoustic versions of many of the album's tracks, as well as the promotional video for the lead single " Good Is Good".
"Wildflower" is a song written by Doug Edwards and Dave Richardson in 1972. First performed by the Canadian band Skylark, it has been covered by many artists and more recently has been sampled in a number of hip hop songs.
The title, "Wildflower", is not mentioned in the song. The closest line to the title occurs as the final line of the repeated chorus: "She's a free and gentle flower growing wild".
"Wildflower" is a song by Japanese musical act Superfly. Used as the theme song for the drama Gold, it was released as a single on September 1, 2010. The single release was packaged as "Wildflower" & Cover Songs: Complete Best 'Track 3', a four-song extended play featuring a cover album as a bonus disc.
Wildflower are a rock/reggae band from Mamadawerre, Northern Territory, a remote outstation in Arnhem Land. They sing mostly in the Kunwinjku language and tell traditional stories with lyrics written by mentor Jill Nganjmirra. The band was a Next Crop artist on Triple J.
Wildflower was a 1914 American silent romantic drama film produced by Adolph Zukor and directed by Allan Dwan. It stars stage actress Marguerite Clark in her first motion picture. Clark would be one of the few stage stars to go on to superstardom in silent pictures. The film is now presumed lost.
"Wildflower" is a song written by Susie Brown, Jeremy Stover and Vicky McGehee, and recorded by American country music duo the JaneDear girls. It was released on April 26, 2010 as the lead-off single from their self-titled debut album, which was released on February 1, 2011.
"Wildflower" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released in March 2010 as the lead single to his 2010 album Trail in Life. The song reached number 86 on the Canadian Hot 100 in mid-2010.
Wildflower is the debut studio album by season ten American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina. The album was released by Mercury Nashville. on October 11, 2011 in the United States. The album's first single, " Like My Mother Does", reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Wildflower debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, making Alaina the youngest female artist to debut that high since LeAnn Rimes' debut album, Blue, fifteen years prior.
Wildflower, released in 1991, is the twelfth album from Hong Kong performer Sandy Lam. As part of the "unplugged" craze in the Cantopop scene, it is widely considered her signature album.
Wildflower is a 1991 television film directed by Diane Keaton based on Sara Flanigan's book, Alice. It stars Beau Bridges, Susan Blakely, Patricia Arquette and Reese Witherspoon. It won two awards in 1992.
Wildflower or The Wildflower (as styled on the sheet music), is a musical in three acts with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. The plot concerns a pretty Italian farmgirl, Nina, who has a fiery temper. She stands to inherit a fortune provided that she can keep her temper under control for six months. If she fails, the money goes to her cousin Bianca, who tries to provoke her. She manages to do it, and gets the money, as well as her man, Guido. Several of the songs were published, among which "Bambalina" and the title song were the most popular. The musical proved to be Day's last Broadway show before moving to London.
The original Broadway production at the Casino Theatre on February 7, 1923 and ran for 477 performances, closing on March 29, 1924. "Wildflower was one of the biggest successes of the Twenties." It was directed by Oscar Eagle and choreographed by David Bennett, with orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett. Costumes were by Charles LeMaire. Arthur Hammerstein produced the production. The cast starred Edith Day as Nina, Charles Judels as Gaston and Esther Howard as Lucrezia. The musical then toured for two seasons and was given an Australian production in 1924 and a London West End production, opening on February 17, 1926 and running for 114 performances, starring Kitty Reidy as Nina, with Peter Gawthorne as Alberto and Mark Daley as Gabrielle. It's London run was hampered by the [1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 national strike] in Britain.
Wildflower was Oscar Hammerstein’s first successful musical and Vincent Youmans' second show. It ran over a year because of its simple-minded story.
The New York Times opening night review stated erroneously that the show "contains the most tuneful score that Rudolph Friml has written in a number of seasons" and never mentions Youmans or Stothart. The review goes on to say: "To be sure, it is practically never funny, and now and then even a little dull." Other critics also dismissed the show, although they conceded that the songs were good. Notwithstanding the reviews, Wildflower was an instant success for its operetta-like score, Edith Day's performance, and the singing, dancing and Italian setting.
Wildflower is the fourteenth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford and his third released on the Kudu label in 1973.
Wildflower is the second studio album by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches. It was first released for streaming on Apple Music on 1 July 2016, and saw a full release a week later on 8 July. It was issued through Modular Recordings, Astralwerks, XL Recordings, and EMI. Production of the album was led by Robbie Chater with assistance from Tony Di Blasi and lasted nearly 16 years, commencing shortly after the release of their debut album, Since I Left You, in November 2000 and not concluding until March 2016. The album features multiple guest collaborators providing vocals and live instrumentation across its 21 tracks. Wildflower also features extensive sampling, especially from 1960s psychedelic music, and relates to the era through themes of counterculture and anti-establishment. Chater described the album's structure as a road trip from a hyperrealistic urban environment to somewhere remote and far away while on LSD.
After the release of Since I Left You in 2000, the Avalanches toured and continued to produce music. For over a decade, the group worked on a wide variety of projects, producing new tracks while also collaborating with multiple artists. The album was described in 2005 as "ambient world music", and by early 2007, the band was considering over 40 tracks for an album which had become mostly hip hop-oriented. The album's production was stalled due to Chater being ill for three years, and the group had also become more involved in separate projects which pulled them away from the album. Some of their most time-consuming work included the score to a musical, King Kong, and an animated musical film described as a "hip hop version of Yellow Submarine" which lost funding and was never completed. Wildflower features many remnants from these projects and was compiled using these tracks in a similar fashion to making a mixtape.
Teasing of the album began in April 2016, and it was formally announced in June alongside the release of its first single, an extended mix of " Frankie Sinatra". Upon release, Wildflower received critical acclaim. Critics praised the production of the album although most compared it less favourably to Since I Left You. The album was also a commercial success; it was a number-one album in the band's home country of Australia and a top-ten album in Scotland and the UK. The Avalanches had to leave out many tracks which did not fit with the theme of the album, including some written with guest collaborators. They plan to release these tracks "within a year" of the album's release in order to provide a fresh start to produce new material.
Usage examples of "wildflower".
All around the long room, knots of cardmasters defended here and there in rings of steel and upset furniture, but many were mowed down by broadswords like wildflowers by a scythe.
Larks and linnets wheeled and turned with a rush and fluttering of wings and their sweet trillings pierced the silence, and there was the fragrant scent of harebells and wildflowers and heather on the lucent air.
Dew dripped from the overhanging branches, glistened on the white wildflowers gleaming in the hedgerows, ran in little rivulets down the grassy banks at the sides of the lane.
He could easily put her in a home filled with cut wildflower arrangements, fragile knickknacks that each had special meaning, wind chimes tinkling to welcome in a morning breeze.
He felt the crisp breeze on his skin, felt the rough texture of a hemp rope coiled over his shoulder and the pressure of boots, smelled the scent of the tiny yellow and white wildflowers and the faint musk of the marmots that live in homes on the mountain.
I look out of my window before going to bed and see the long falls of the infant river through the meadow, and the dark woods seeming to enclose the house from harm: I dream of the old inhabitant, his ancestors, and the numbers and numbers of springs when the wildflowers have flourished in those woods and the nightingales have sung there.
Slicing through trees and brush and grass, through the whole of the Slags, it flared in sharp relief against a backdrop of hills leading into mountains, of green fields brightened by wildflowers, of streams and waterfalls, and of dazzling sunshine.
Sometimes he picked thistles or wildflowers from the green and wore them in the lapel of his jacket.
Through the coarse meadow grasses wildflowers had forced their way: purple violets, bright yellow dandelions, delicate little .
After a moment of silent prayer, she left a spray of wildflowers at the base of the granite marker, then made her way to the Taylor plot.
Biters swarmed in clouds about Karigan and The Horse, stealing away any pleasure they might have found in the budding of wildflowers, and the trills of warblers recently arrived from the south.
It did not occur to her that at least one among them was interested in the wildflowers, birds, or mammals of the region.
A world where wildflowers blossomed in riotous colors, where the air was fresh and the water crystal clear.
Pillared in birch and carpeted with moss and wildflowers, it was a perfect setting for the wide silver pool in its center, crystal clear and mottled with leaf shadows.
He breathed deeply of greenery-spiced air sweetened with the fragrance of the wildflowers which nodded in a neighborly fashion as the boat passed.