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Meanings of wildflower (wildflowers) in English

Catalan
flor salvatge
Spanish
flor silvestre

Wild or uncultivated flowering plant.

flor salvatge
Synonyms
Examples for "wild flower"
Examples for "wild flower"
1
Another wild flower of striking beauty is the May apple or mandrake.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
2
Keen, penetrating odors of forest and wild flower came to their nostrils.
The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississipp...
3
The parks have wild flower areas, paths, trees, well-kept grass and no litter.
The Irish Times
4
Sniff the scent out of a wild flower, and-perhaps-throwitaway?
Five Tales
5
It is natural grass, with wild flowers in it here and there.
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein
Usage of wildflowers in English
1
You'll share space with the odd walker, rare wildflowers and sea grasses.
The Guardian
2
She'd snatched up wildflowers along the way, for mothers always liked flowers.
Sister of the dead
3
I hope someone let them run in that meadow and pick wildflowers.
The Haunting of Hill House
4
Soldiers and station staff placed wreaths made from wildflowers on her grave.
News.com.au
5
I saw her earlier this morning, out in the orchard, picking wildflowers.
The devil's touch
6
A candle and bouquet of wildflowers finish off the demure table setting.
BBC
7
He is named after one of the oddest species of native wildflowers.
The Guardian
8
I couldn't name the trees or the wildflowers growing in the lots.
Black Deutschland
9
I think I will take Snow to the forest to pick wildflowers.
Fairest of All
10
Were there Elysian fields, meadows with butterflies and wildflowers waiting for us?
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
11
He ran through a field of wildflowers in every hue and variety.
Shadow's son
12
The path curved through a garden planted with desert shrubs and wildflowers.
The outcast
13
I think she'd prefer wildflowers to roses, or carnations, or...any of those.
The Queen of Bedlam
14
In my head, I hear Grandma's voice as she names the wildflowers.
The Girl I Used to Be
15
Spring has become synonymous with beautiful wildflowers and this year is no different.
The South African
16
This leads to the pesticides appearing in wildflowers or succeeding crops.
The Guardian
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common