Trailing Windmills (Noun)
Meaning
Trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The little girl loved playing among the trailing windmills that grew rampant in her grandmother's garden in the southwestern United States.
- The vibrant pinks of the trailing windmills stood out against the monotonous gray of the dry gravelly soil where they were abundant.
- Their field trip became an unforgettable day of discovery, especially when they stumbled upon a patch of thriving trailing windmills in the Mexican desert.
- Landscapers deliberately used trailing windmills as ornamental plants in their designs to bring in pops of bright colors against the dull earthy tones.
- After driving for hours through the arid lands of the southwest, the sight of wild trailing windmills put instant smiles on the weary travelers' faces.