a·nem·o·ne ( -n m -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. [Latin anem  n, from Greek, probably from anemos, wind (perhaps because the petals are lost easily in wind); see an- in Indo-European roots.] |
anemone [an-nem-on-ee]
Noun
a flowering plant with white, purple, or red flowers [Greek: windflower]
| anemone (-nm-n) 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 leavesflower - 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 skeletonactinozoan, anthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed |
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