wildflower
noun
wild·flow·er
ˈwī(-ə)ld-ˌflau̇(-ə)r 
: the flower of a wild or uncultivated plant or the plant bearing it
Examples of wildflower in a Sentence
a field full of wildflowers
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The first As Ever drop sold out in less than an hour and one product (the $28 limited-edition wildflower honey with honeycomb) sold out in less than five minutes.
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Sophie Carson, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Each floral display was more beautiful than the last, starting with towering arrangements stuffed with white dendrobium orchids, peach roses, and various greens and wildflowers that framed the head table.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
There’s perhaps nowhere that native wildflowers put on a more marvelous display than at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, southwest of downtown Austin.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Specifically, the hot pink wildflower Phlox subulata, referred to as creeping phlox, moss phlox or moss pink, densely mats the slopes of eastern and central United States around the same time as April’s full moon, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
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Sophie Carson, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Each floral display was more beautiful than the last, starting with towering arrangements stuffed with white dendrobium orchids, peach roses, and various greens and wildflowers that framed the head table.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
There’s perhaps nowhere that native wildflowers put on a more marvelous display than at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, southwest of downtown Austin.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Specifically, the hot pink wildflower Phlox subulata, referred to as creeping phlox, moss phlox or moss pink, densely mats the slopes of eastern and central United States around the same time as April’s full moon, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Wildflower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildflower. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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