PULSATILLA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pulsatilla mean? 

• PULSATILLA (noun)
  The noun PULSATILLA has 1 sense:

1. includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers

  Familiarity information: PULSATILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULSATILLA (noun)

Meaning:

Includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pulsatilla; Pulsatilla

Hypernyms ("Pulsatilla" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Pulsatilla"):

pasque flower; pasqueflower (any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone)

Holonyms ("Pulsatilla" is a member of...):

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)