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a·nem·o·ne
(ə-nĕm′ə-nē)n.
1. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Anemone in the buttercup family, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having palmately lobed leaves and large white or brightly colored flowers. Also called windflower.
2. A sea anemone.
[Latin anemōnē, from Greek, perhaps from anemos, wind (perhaps because the petals are lost easily in wind); see anə- in Indo-European roots, or perhaps of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew Na'ămān, a man's name (literally "pleasantness") and na'ămānîm, perhaps a distortion of an epithet of Adonis in Isaiah17:10; see nʕm in Indo-European roots.]
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anemone
(əˈnɛmənɪ)n
(Plants) any ranunculaceous woodland plant of the genus Anemone of N temperate regions, such as the white-flowered A. nemorosa (wood anemone or windflower). Some cultivated anemones have lilac, pale blue, pink, purple, or red flowers. See also pasqueflower Compare sea anemone
[C16: via Latin from Greek: windflower, from anemos wind]
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a•nem•o•ne
(əˈnɛm əˌni)n.
1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals in a variety of colors.
2. sea anemone.
[1545–55; < Latin < Greek: literally, daughter of the wind ánem(os) wind]
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a·nem·o·ne
(ə-nĕm′ə-nē) See sea anemone.
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Noun | 1. | anemone - any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Anemone - perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions Alpine anemone, Anemone tetonensis, mountain anemone - silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers Anemone Canadensis, Canada anemone - common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado Anemone cylindrica, thimbleweed - a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles Anemone nemorosa, wood anemone - European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands Anemone quinquefolia, snowdrop, wood anemone - common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers Anemone sylvestris, snowdrop anemone, snowdrop windflower - Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers |
2. | anemone - marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton actinozoan, anthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed |
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