anemone

a·nem·o·ne  (-nm-n)

n.

1. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Anemone, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having palmately lobed leaves and large flowers with showy sepals. Also called windflower.

2. A sea anemone.

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[Latin anemn, from Greek, probably from anemos, wind (perhaps because the petals are lost easily in wind); see an- in Indo-European roots.]

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anemone [əˈnɛmənɪ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 (an animal).

[via Latin from Greek: windflower, from anemos wind]

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anemone  (-nm-n)

See sea anemone.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anemone - any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves windflower 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 sea anemone actinozoan, anthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed Actinaria, Actiniaria, order Actinaria, order Actiniaria - sea anemones actinian, actiniarian, actinia - any sea anemone or related animal

Translations

anemone [əˈnemənɪ] N (Bot) → anémona f, anemone f; (= sea anemone) → anémona f

anemone [əˈnɛməni] n

(= flower) → anémone f

(also sea anemone) → anémone f de mer

anemone

n (Bot) → Anemone f, → Buschwindröschen nt; (= sea anemone) → Seeanemone f

anemone [əˈnɛmənɪ] n (Bot) → anemone m (also sea anemone) → anemone m di mare, attinia