pasque flower
/pæsk/noun
1- a spring-flowering European plant related to the anemones, with purple flowers and fern-like foliage欧白头翁。
1.1
- Pulsatilla vulgaris, family Ranunculaceae.拉丁名Pulsatilla vulgaris,毛茛科。
词源
late 16th cent. （as passeflower）： from French passe-fleur. The change in spelling of the first word was due to association with archaic pasque 'Easter'（because of the plant's early flowering）.