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Definition of Shadflower
1. Noun. Annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadflower
Literary usage of Shadflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... south to Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Often forms large patches. Winter or
mountain pink. Gravel-plant. Crocus. shadflower. March-May. 22. ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1912)
"... range, uses, etc 13 marilandica, synonym for Cassia marilandica 13 wild, same
as American senna 13 shadflower, same as gravel plant 18 Shamrock, water, ..."