Translingual

Proper noun

Soldanella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – snowbells, that grow in mountain meadows and woods in Europe.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Primulaceae - family

Hyponyms

• For species see Soldanella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Soldanella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

soldanella ‎(plural soldanellas)

1. A flower of genus Soldanella.
   • 1892, Grant Allen, Science in Arcady:

     Great belts of blue gentian hang like a zone on the mountain slopes; masses of yellow globe-flower star the upland pastures; nodding heads of soldanella lurk low among the rugged boulders by the glacier's side.

   • 1924, Katharine Symonds Furse, Ski-running:

     Some of my own best Ski-ing days have been late in March when the crocuses and gentians were already opening to the sun on the Southern slopes, and a soldanella might be found along some tiny stream.