pinwheel (n.)

  1. perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

    [ Syn: aeonium haworthii ]

  2. a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go''

  3. 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 ]

  4. a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire

    [ Syn: catherine wheel ]

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