"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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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