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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

pasque

See

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

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Pasque f

Pasque f ‎(nominative singular Pasque)

Easter
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  UN jor de Pasque, au tans novel.
  At Easter, at the start of the spring.

See also: Pasque

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