ALL meanings of wallflower
wall·flow·er
W w - noun wallflower a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance. 1
- noun wallflower any person, organization, etc., that remains on or has been forced to the sidelines of any activity: The firm was a wallflower in this year's bidding for government contracts. 1
- noun wallflower a European plant, Cheiranthus cheiri, of the mustard family, that, when growing wild on walls, cliffs, etc., has sweet-scented, usually yellow or orange flowers, but when cultivated has flowers varying in color from pale yellow to brown-red or purple. 1
- noun wallflower any of several related plants of the genera Cheiranthus and Erysimum. 1
- noun wallflower wildflower that grows in walls 1
- noun wallflower shy person 1
- noun wallflower A southern European plant of the cabbage family, with fragrant yellow, orange-red, dark red, or brown flowers, cultivated for its early spring blooming. 1
- countable noun wallflower A wallflower is a plant that is grown in gardens and has sweet-smelling yellow, red, orange, or purple flowers. 0
- countable noun wallflower If you say that someone is a wallflower, you mean that they are shy and do not get involved in dancing or talking to people at social events. 0
- noun wallflower a plant, Cheiranthus cheiri, of S Europe, grown for its clusters of yellow, orange, brown, red, or purple fragrant flowers and naturalized on old walls, cliffs, etc: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) 0
- noun wallflower any of numerous other crucifers of the genera Cheiranthus and Erysimum, having orange or yellow flowers 0
- noun wallflower a person who stays on the fringes of a dance or party on account of lacking a partner or being shy 0
- noun wallflower any of a number of perennial or annual garden plants (genera Cheiranthus and Erysimum) of the crucifer family, having racemes of cross-shaped flowers, usually yellow or orange; esp., a common perennial (C. cheiri) having racemes of fragrant, colorful flowers 0
- noun wallflower a person, esp. a girl, who merely looks on at a dance, etc., sometimes from shyness but usually from not having been chosen as a partner 0
- noun wallflower Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers. 0
- noun wallflower Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia. 0
- noun wallflower (Informal) A person who is socially awkward, especially one who does not dance at a party due to shyness. 0