pinwheel

pinwheel
    n 1: perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes
         resembling pinwheels [syn: {pinwheel}, {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}, {pinwheel wind collector}]
    4: a circular firework that spins round and round emitting
       colored fire [syn: {catherine wheel}, {pinwheel}]
    

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "pinwheel":
      agate, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, blocks,
      checkerboard, chessboard, club, cockhorse, cricket bat, cue, doll,
      doll carriage, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, hobbyhorse,
      jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, kickshaw,
      knickknack, marble, marionette, mig, paper doll, pick-up sticks,
      plaything, puppet, racket, rag doll, rocking horse, sport, steelie,
      taw, teetotum, top, toy, toy soldier, trinket, whim-wham