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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus;
[syn: western wall flower, Erysimum asperum, Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum arkansanum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) In Australia, the desert poison bush (Gastrolobium grandiflorum); -- called also native wallflower. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Erysimum asperum n 1: biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus [syn: western wall flower, Erysimum asperum, Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum arkansanum]