crowflower

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noun

A kind of campion.

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Meanings

nouncrowflower (plural crowflowers)

plural crowflowers

  1. obsoleteA kind of campion.

    There with fantastic garlands did she come / Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]

Origin

From crow + flower?

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APA

crowflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowflower

MLA

“crowflower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowflower. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crowflower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowflower.

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