wall flower

See also: wallflower and wall-flower

English

Noun

wall flower (plural wall flowers)

1. Alternative form of wallflower
   • 1813, Charles Marshall, A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening, page 289:

     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.

   • 2008, Kenneth D. Ransom Sr., Shout Your Way Out!, →ISBN, page 30:

     I was not what we called a wall flower.