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Definition: Western wallflower
Wallflower
\Wall"flow`er\, n.
1. (Bot.) A perennial, cruciferous plant (
Cheiranthus Cheiri
), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from
yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on
old walls.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is sometimes extended to other species of
Cheiranthus and of the related genus
Erysimum,
especially the American
Western wallflower (
Erysimum asperum
), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.
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2. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not
asked to dance, remains a spectator. [Colloq.]
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3. (Bot.) In Australia, the desert poison bush (
Gastrolobium grandiflorum
); -- called also
native wallflower.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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