lion's beard

Questions about lion's beard

What does lion's beard mean?

lion's beard means "short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia".

What is another word for lion's beard?

Close synonyms include American pasqueflower, Eastern pasque flower, wild crocus, prairie anemone, blue tulip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lion's beard a common word?

lion's beard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.