pinwheel | (n) perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels, Syn. Aeonium haworthii |
pinwheel | (n) a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim |
pinwheel | (n) a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind, Syn. pinwheel wind collector |
pinwheel roll | (n) pinwheel-shaped rolls spread with cinnamon and sugar and filled with e.g. jam before baking |
pinwheel-shaped | (adj) having the round shape of a pinwheel |
catherine wheel | (n) a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire, Syn. pinwheel |
crape jasmine | (n) tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand, Syn. East Indian rosebay, coffee rose, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, Nero's crown, crepe jasmine, Tabernaemontana divaricate, Adam's apple |