pulsatilla Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
    genus Pulsatilla.

WordNet

Pul`sa*til"la noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally.

Webster 1913