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Definition of Strawflower

1. Noun. Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried.

2. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Helipterum.

3. Noun. Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers.

Definition of Strawflower

1. Noun. Any of many Australian plants, of the genus ''Helichrysum'', having deep yellow flowers than can be readily dried ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strawflower

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strawflower

strawberry saxifrage strawberry shortcake strawberry shortcakes strawberry shrub strawberry tomato strawberry tree strawberry trees strawberryish strawberryless strawberrylike

strawboard strawboards strawcraft strawed strawen strawflower (current term) strawflowers strawhat strawier strawiest

strawing strawless strawlike strawman strawmen strawn strawne straws strawweight strawworm

Literary usage of Strawflower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Holy Land and Holy Writ by John T. Durward (1913)
"We gather a bunch of the blue statice, which grows profusely here; it would be a most valuable acquisition as an everlasting or strawflower for winter ..."

2. Orchard & Garden: A Guide for Beginners by Benjamin Wallace Douglass (1918)
"Helichrysum (strawflower). li.—This plant is one of the most popular of the everlastings and is grown from seed planted in the open ground. ..."

3. Annual Report of the Director of Forestry by Philippines Bureau of Forestry (1916)
"For flowers the gladiolus of which we have six varieties (color) the strawflower (everlasting), ..."

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