Wallflower

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.

II. Wallflower ·add. ·noun In Australia, the desert poison bush (Gastrolobium grandiflorum);

— called also native wallflower.

III. Wallflower ·noun 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.

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