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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pasque \Pasque\, n. [OF. pasque.] See {Pasch}. {Pasque flower} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Anemone}, section {Pulsatilla}. They are perennial herbs with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early spring, or about Easter, whence the common name Called also {campana}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Campana \Cam*pa"na\, n. [LL. campana bell. Cf {Campanle}.] 1. (Eccl.) A church bell. 2. (Bot.) The pasque flower. --Drayton. 3. (Doric Arch.) Same as {Gutta}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gutta \Gut"ta\, n.; pl {Gutt[AE]}. [L.] 1. A drop. 2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order -- called also {campana}, and {drop}. {Gutta serena} [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. {Gutt[ae] band}> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the gutt[ae] hang. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: campana n : the shape of a bell [syn: {bell}, {bell shape}]
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