Definition of "wallflowers" []

• Plural form of wallflower. (noun)

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• "Sometimes they seem to run through the minute veins like an ichor, as in wallflowers, with their scented petals; sometimes they are locked in the pollen casket, or brim the nectar-cup; sometimes they come from the leaf-pores, as in balm, and sometimes from the roots in addition, as in primroses and lilies."
• "I saw them against the wall and without thinking any further, my mind called them 'wallflowers' (Erysimum) = “giroflées” in French."
• "I saw them against the wall and without thinking any further, my mind called them 'wallflowers' Erysimum = “giroflées” in French."