1. (

• pinwheel ,
• Aeonium_haworthii

) perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels ;

2. (

• pinwheel ,

) 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. (

• pinwheel ,
• pinwheel_wind_collector

) 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 ;

4. (

• catherine_wheel ,
• pinwheel

) a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire ;