(n)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, Syn.trailing windmills, Allionia incarnata
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ひとりずもう, hitorizumou](exp) (1) fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at; (2) single-person mimicking a wrestling match[Add to Longdo]