wall flower

A form of wallflower — Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.

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Meanings

nounwall flower (plural wall flowers)

plural wall flowers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wallflower.

    I was not what we called a wall flower.

    2008, Kenneth D. Ransom Sr., Shout Your Way Out!, →ISBN, page 30
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    Of the biennials, the same may be said of the stock July-flower, sweet William, and wall flower ; only the former of these plants does not always live through the winter.

    1813, Charles Marshall, A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening, page 289
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wall flower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20flower

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“wall flower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20flower. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wall flower,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20flower.

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