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/ˈænɪmˌoʊn/ /ənˈɛməni/ Listen

Anemone

noun

1.

Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves. Synonym: windflower.

2.

Marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton. Synonym: sea anemone.

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"Anemone" Quotes from Famous Books

... ANEMONE.—These flowers often indicate an event to be expected in the early autumn; the nature of it must be judged by other signs ...

— Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves • Cicely Kent

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... trees, wild flowers are blowing. A pathway intersects the little wood, and across it shadows of the trees fall, with sunlight between. In the foremost patch of sunshine, at the edge of the path, is a sprinkling of anemone leaves. And there amongst them a delicate blossom, half crushed by the superincumbent weight of moss, the fallen leaves of last year, and tiny, lichen-covered twigs. The white, transparent petals are soiled and ...

— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. • Various

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Words linked to "Anemone" : order Actinaria, flower, Actiniaria, Actinaria, actinozoan, thimbleweed, actinian, snowdrop windflower, order Actiniaria, actinia, snowdrop, actiniarian, anthozoan

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