Pulsatilla \Pul`sa*til"la\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.
This genus is now merged in {{Anemone}}. Some species, as
{Anemone Pulsatilla}, {Anemone pratensis}, and {Anemone
patens}, are used medicinally.
Anemone pulsatilla
n : European perennial having usually violet or white spring
flowers [syn: {European pasqueflower}, {Pulsatilla
vulgaris}]