wall flower

See also: wallflower and wall-flower

English

Noun

wall flower (plural wall flowers)

  1. Alternative form of wallflower
    • 1813, Charles Marshall, A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening, page 289:
      Of the biennials, the same may be said of the stock July-flower, sweet William, and wall flower ; only the former of these plants does not always live through the winter.
    • 2008, Kenneth D. Ransom Sr., Shout Your Way Out!, →ISBN, page 30:
      I was not what we called a wall flower.
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