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Pasque

Pasque

,
Noun.
[OF.
pasque
.]
See
Pasch
.
Pasque flower
(Bot.)
,
a name of several plants of the genus
Anemone
, section
Pulsatilla
. They are perennial herbs with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called also
campana
.