pasque flower

See also: pasqueflower

English

Etymology

Pasque is from a French word for Easter (Old French Pasque (“Easter”) or Middle French Pasques (“Easter”), related to Pesach (“Passover”)), because they bloom around Easter.

Noun

pasque flower (plural pasque flowers)

1. Any of various deciduous perennial flowering plants, of the genus Pulsatilla, found in clumps in certain grassland areas.

Synonyms

• (obsolete): campana

Translations

flower of Pulsatilla

• Bulgarian: съсънка f (sǎsǎnka)
• Catalan: pulsatil·la f
• Czech: koniklec (cs) m
• Estonian: karukell
• Finnish: kylmänkukka (fi), vuokko (fi)
• French: pulsatille (fr) f
• German: Kuhschelle (de) f, Küchenschelle (de) f
• Hungarian: kökörcsin (hu)
• Lithuanian: šilagėlė f
• Polish: sasanka (pl) f
• Romanian: dedițel (ro) m, sisinei de munte (ro) m pl
• Russian: простре́л (ru) m (prostrél)
• Spanish: pulsatilla f
• Swedish: backsippa (sv) c