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wildflower

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A wild (uncultivated) flowering plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A flower from such a plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

wild or uncultivated flowering plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wild flower

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wilding, angiosperm, flowering plant

Narrower terms: sagebrush buttercup, Ranunculus glaberrimus, pasqueflower, pasque flower, meadow rue, sand verbena, trailing four o'clock, trailing windmills, Allionia incarnata, red maids, redmaids, Calandrinia ciliata, siskiyou lewisia, Lewisia cotyledon, bitterroot, Lewisia rediviva, pussy-paw, pussy-paws, pussy's-paw, Spraguea umbellatum, Calyptridium umbellatum, flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum, woolly daisy, dwarf daisy, Antheropeas wallacei, Eriophyllum wallacei, heartleaf arnica, Arnica cordifolia, Arnica montana, false chamomile, oxeye, golden aster, hawk's-beard, hawk's-beards, brittlebush, brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa, sunray, Enceliopsis nudicaulis, engelmannia, fleabane, woolly sunflower, gaillardia, desert sunflower, Gerea canescens, goldenbush, heliopsis, hairy golden aster, prairie golden aster, Heterotheca villosa, Chrysopsis villosa, alpine gold, alpine hulsea, Hulsea algida, dwarf hulsea, Hulsea nana, goldfields, Lasthenia chrysostoma, hawkbit, edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum, north island edelweiss, Leucogenes leontopodium, blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot, tahoka daisy, tansy leaf aster, Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, sticky aster, Machaeranthera bigelovii, Mojave aster, Machaeranthera tortifoloia, common madia, common tarweed, Madia elegans, blackfoot daisy, Melampodium leucanthum, coneflower, nodding groundsel, Senecio bigelovii, butterweed, ragwort, Senecio glabellus, arrowleaf groundsel, Senecio triangularis, goldenrod, stemless golden weed, Stenotus acaulis, Haplopappus acaulis, northern dune tansy, Tanacetum douglasii, stemless hymenoxys, Tetraneuris acaulis, Hymenoxys acaulis, old man of the mountain, alpine sunflower, Tetraneuris grandiflora, Hymenoxys grandiflora, yellow salsify, Tragopogon dubius, meadow salsify, goatsbeard, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis, mule's ears, Wyethia amplexicaulis, white-rayed mule's ears, Wyethia helianthoides, Indian pipe, waxflower, Monotropa uniflora, pinesap, false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys, snow plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, prairie gentian, tulip gentian, bluebell, Eustoma grandiflorum, coast boykinia, Boykinia elata, Boykinia occidentalis, leatherleaf saxifrage, Leptarrhena pyrolifolia, prairie star, Lithophragma parviflorum, fringed grass of Parnassus, Parnassia fimbriata, false alumroot, fringe cups, Tellima grandiflora, false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella unifoliata, kitten-tails, Indian paintbrush, painted cup, purple chinese houses, innocense, Collinsia bicolor, Collinsia heterophylla, maiden blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia parviflora, blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia verna, golden-beard penstemon, Penstemon barbatus, scarlet bugler, Penstemon centranthifolius, Platte River penstemon, Penstemon cyananthus, Davidson's penstemon, Penstemon davidsonii, hot-rock penstemon, Penstemon deustus, Jones' penstemon, Penstemon dolius, shrubby penstemon, lowbush penstemon, Penstemon fruticosus, narrow-leaf penstemon, Penstemon linarioides, mountain pride, Penstemon newberryi, balloon flower, scented penstemon, Penstemon palmeri, Parry's penstemon, Penstemon parryi, rock penstemon, cliff penstemon, Penstemon rupicola, Rydberg's penstemon, Penstemon rydbergii, cascade penstemon, Penstemon serrulatus, Whipple's penstemon, Penstemon whippleanus, wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace, Daucus carota

History

Etymology

From wild + flower.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: basalore — wild flowering plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野花 (yěhuā) — wild flowering plant
  • Finnish: luonnonkukka — wild flowering plant
  • Finnish: luonnonvarainen kukka — wild flowering plant
  • Japanese: 野花 (nobana) — wild flowering plant
  • Polish: dziki kwiat — wild flowering plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: gorobiljka — wild flowering plant
  • Turkish: kır çiçeği — wild flowering plant
  • Polish: dziki kwiat — flower from such a plant
  • Turkish: kır çiçeği — flower from such a plant
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