"wall flower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wall flowers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wall flower (plural wall flowers)
  1. Alternative form of wallflower Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wallflower
    Sense id: en-wall_flower-en-noun-izaNS5ak Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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