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[syn: Pulsatilla, genus Pulsatilla]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pulsatilla \Pul`sa*til"la\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
   A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.
   This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as
   Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone
   patens, are used medicinally.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pulsatilla
    n 1: includes a group of plants that in some classifications are
         included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers [syn:
         Pulsatilla, genus Pulsatilla]