strawflower

1. 1.

   plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried

   SynonymscornflowerUvularia grandiflora

   Broaderbellwort

   Part ofUvularia
2. 2.

   any of various plants of the genus Helipterum

   Broadereverlasting

   Part ofHelipterum
3. 3.

   Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers

   Synonymsgolden everlastingyellow paper daisyHelichrysum bracteatum

   Broadereverlasting

Other forms of strawflower

plural

strawflowers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about strawflower

What does strawflower mean?

strawflower means "plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in strawflower?

strawflower has 3 syllables: straw-flo-wer. The stress falls on "straw".

What is another word for strawflower?

Close synonyms include cornflower, Uvularia grandiflora, golden everlasting, yellow paper daisy, Helichrysum bracteatum. 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 strawflower a common word?

strawflower 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.