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• n  any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
• n  perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum
• n  remains on sidelines at social event

• Charlotte was something of a wallflower until her middle teens.
• Six feet tall, willowy and beautiful, Bessette was no wallflower.
• Like a wallflower at the country club ball, Ogden Corp.

• Cheiranthus cheiri
• Erysimum cheiri

News & Articles

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• Book News: Illinois School Board Restores 'Perks Of Being A Wallflower'
  The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. A school board in Glen Ellyn, Ill., has voted to restore Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being A Wallflower to shelves, after a parent's complaint led to its removal from Hadley Junior High School earlier this year. The ban prompted a public outcry for the book's return that had the support of Are You There God?
  June 12, 2013 - KERA North Texas
• Near unanimous vote puts 'Wallflower' back in Glen Ellyn classrooms
  After weeks of debate, Glen Ellyn’s school board members voted Monday 6 to 1 in favor of allowing "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" book back into eighth-grade classrooms with a beefed-up process for giving parents more control over what their kids are reading.        
  June 11, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
• ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’ allowed back on Glen Ellyn school shelves
  A controversial book will be allowed back in school libraries in the western suburbs. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” had been banned by Glen Ellyn School District 41 after some parents complained of its sexual content and language. It …
  June 11, 2013 - WGN TV Chicago

Quotes

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• Katie Holmes in TransWorldNews (press release)
  There'sa misperception about me that I just became this wallflower, this woman who doesn't have any control of her life. And that's pretty wrong. From the very beginning, I've made choices in my life that have been very strong,Holmes says.
• Craig Emerson in LIVENEWS.com.au
  On speculation former treasurer Peter Costello was first choice to replace Ms Bishop, Dr Emerson said: "There they were at the dance and (Opposition Leader) Malcolm Turnbull goes straight past Joe Hockey who's the wallflower, he asks Peter Costello...
• Liev Schreiber in NEWS.com.au
  It's a strange thing about women,Schreiber told O'Brien. "You can take a complete wallflower, quiet girl, and you get them pregnant and suddenly they want to go out all the time and party. So, I gave her grief about going to the Oscars....