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wall flower en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wallflower.
Of the biennials, the same may be said of the stock July-flower, sweet William, and wall flower ; only the former of these plants does not always live through the winter.
1813, Charles Marshall, A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening, page 289:I was not what we called a wall flower.
2008, Kenneth D. Ransom Sr., Shout Your Way Out!, →ISBN, page 30:
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