Word Finder - wallflower

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

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Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia.

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A person who is socially awkward, especially one who does not dance at a party due to shyness.

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To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in.

The principal other plants which bear the name are the wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, called wall-gillyflower in old books; the dame's violet, Hesperis matronalis, called variously the queen's, the rogue's and the winter gillyflower; the ragged-robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi, called marsh-gillyflower and cuckoo-gillyflower; the waterviolet, Hottonia palustris, called water-gillyflower; and the thrift, Armeria vulgaris, called sea-gillyflower.

As a separate designation it is nowadays usually applied to the wallflower.

Hitch was once a lonely wallflower himself, who learned about love and heartbreak the hard way.

She is blind to Miss Drone 's tremulous smile of pretense that she has chosen to be a wallflower.

If you're more of a wallflower trying to break away from your conservative side, try a short dress in a neutral color such as black or brown, accented with a leopard print strapless top with a pink belt or bow.

Cuckoo-flower or Ladys Smock (Cardamine) - Plants of the Wallflower order, few of which are cultivated, the best being the native Cuckoo-flower in its double form.

Alpine Wallflower (Erysimum Ochroleucum) - This handsome plant forms, under cultivation, neat rich green tufts, 6 to 12 inches high, and in spring is covered with sulphur flowers.

Fairy Wallflower (Erysimum Pumilum) - A very small plant, rare in cultivation, resembling the alpine Wallflower in the size and color of its flowers, but lacking its vigorous and rich green foliage.

You'll never have to worry about being a wallflower or the odd woman out when you are wearing fashions from OD Girl.

It's a new century, ladies, and you have just as much right to pursue your desires as men do, so don't be a wallflower.

As one of Degrassi's few Asian characters, Leia Chang (played by Judy Jiao) is no wallflower.

Or maybe you would like to give your wallflower friend the hint that she needs "spice" in her life.

While they'll sniff you out in 3 seconds flat if you're trying to "act," that doesn't mean you should be a wallflower.

When the fruit is several times longer than broad it is known as a siliqua, as in stock or wallflower; when about as long as broad, a silicula, as in shepherd's purse.

I could not be the shy, meek wallflower anymore.

Certainly not a wallflower, you're ready to dance the night away.