Finnish

Noun

valkovuokko

1. A wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa). Other English names: windflower, European thimbleweed and smell fox.

Related terms

• leinikkikasvit
• keltavuokko
• arovuokko
• sinivuokko

Usage notes

Also another plant of the genus Anemone, namely (Anemone quinquefolia), which grows in North America and has pinkish white flowers, is called wood anemone in English. This plant has no Finnish name. Wood anemone is also a parallel name for snowdrop windflower (Anemone sylvestris), in Finnish arovuokko.