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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels;
[syn: pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii]

2. a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim;
- Example: "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'"

3. a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind;
[syn: pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector]

4. a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire;
[syn: catherine wheel, pinwheel]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pinwheel
    n 1: perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes
         resembling pinwheels [syn: pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii]
    2: a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles
       to its rim; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the
       pointer on `Go'"
    3: a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is
       pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
       [syn: pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector]
    4: a circular firework that spins round and round emitting
       colored fire [syn: catherine wheel, pinwheel]