pinwheel Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
   Aeonium haworthii.
   
2. noun a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
   
   • he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'
3. noun a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
   pinwheel wind collector.
   
4. noun a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
   catherine wheel.
   

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