wildflower means A wild (uncultivated) flowering plant. It carries an Arena rating of 1601, earned across 43 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, wildflower ranks #627 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #1,134 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #1,374 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #2,301 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “wildflower” is a great word
WILDFLOWER — [Noun] A flowering plant that grows in an uncultivated state, or the blossom of such a plant. From the English words 'wild' (untamed, not cultivated) and 'flower' (the blossom of a plant). Unlike a “cultivar” (a product of deliberate human breeding) or a “weed” (a plant dismissed as invasive and troublesome), a wildflower exists in a state of unsponsored grace. It is a spray of Queen Anne’s lace by a gravel roadside, a shock of Indian paintbrush on a rocky slope, the defiant indigo of chicory in a cracked pavement seam—each a quiet, persistent argument for beauty that asks for nothing and owes no one.
Etymology
From wild + flower.
noun
- A wild (uncultivated) flowering plant.
- A flower from such a plant.
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