pasque

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English

Etymology

From pasque flower.

Pronunciation

Noun

pasque (plural pasques)

  1. (uncommon) A pasque flower.
    • 2003, Jerry Pavia, Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Photos, Descriptions, and Early Explorer Insights, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 53:
      COMMENTS : The Pasque flower is among the first spring mountain wildflowers to bloom. [] Pasques do not say much, but I infer that their preference harks back to the glacier that put the gravel there. Only gravel ridges are poor enough to offer pasques full elbow-room in April sun.
    • 2013, Múzeum Spiša v Spišskej Novej Vsi, Province House - seat of the Spiš Museum in Spišská Nová Ves, Múzeum Spiša v Spišskej Novej Vsi, →ISBN, page 13:
      Employees of the Spiš Museum havedone research for many years, aimed at monitoring pasques (Pulsatilla Slavica, Pulsatilla subslavica) in the Dreveník area. Pasques are the most characteristic plants of these travertine deposits, []

Italian

Noun

pasque f

  1. plural of pasqua