How to Use peacock flower in a Sentence

peacock flower

noun

• Admired for their striking beauty, the fiery blossoms of the peacock flower have long captured the attention of people across the Atlantic world.
  — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
• The history of the peacock flower reveals that botanical knowledge is inextricably linked to the social and political worlds in which it was produced.
  — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
• The peacock flower’s history reveals that colonial science involved more than simply collecting and transferring knowledge.
  — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
• These accounts demonstrate that European naturalists did not lack access to knowledge about the peacock flower’s abortifacient properties.
  — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
• Historian of science Londa Schiebinger has used the history of the peacock flower to examine the unequal movement of botanical knowledge across the Atlantic world.
  — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
• As a result, knowledge of the peacock flower’s abortifacient properties remained rooted in Caribbean communities rather than becoming incorporated into European botanical and medical traditions.
  — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026