anemone

[ uh-nem-uh-nee ]

/ əˈnɛm əˌni /

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noun

any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.

sea anemone.

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Origin of anemone

1545–55; <Latin <Greek: literally, daughter of the wind, equivalent to ánem(os) wind + -ōnē feminine patronymic suffix; see -one

Words nearby anemone

anemograph, anemography, anemology, anemometer, anemometry, anemone, anemone fish, anemophilous, anemoscope, anemosis, anemotaxis

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How to use anemone in a sentence

An anemone can jab a predator or nab some lunch in about a hundredth of a second, says Karabulut, also of the Stowers Institute.
Here’s how sea anemones launch their venomous stingers|Meghan Rosen|July 5, 2022|Science News
Sea anemones, which are closely related to corals, and mushroom coral can turn oxybenzone — a chemical that protects people against ultraviolet light — into a deadly toxin that’s activated by light.
How some sunscreens damage coral reefs|Erin Garcia de Jesús|May 5, 2022|Science News
Researchers identified a host of anemones and other species living within the rubbish, which allows the little creatures to thrive in an otherwise inhospitable environment.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a ‘raft of life’ for animals in the open ocean|Kate Baggaley|December 3, 2021|Popular-Science
Tide pools sprung up out of seemingly every water-filled boulder, showing off their electric green anemones and thick clumps of mussels.
Why Olympic National Park Feels Like Heaven|mturner|August 13, 2021|Outside Online

“Probably these slicing teeth allowed it to process a huge range of foods,” says Longrich, noting that dogfish sharks use their teeth to chop up everything from fish to sea anemones.
This ancient sea reptile had a slicing bite like no other|Jake Buehler|February 2, 2021|Science News
A single print of an enlarged sea anemone came across as a declaration rather than a suggestion.
Gucci by Sunlight|Robin Givhan|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sad faery blossoms secret scents distil In trackless solitudes; nor ever will The lone anemone her lover find!
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
Anemone Cottage was built partly of boulders taken from the shore.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
Miss Martha was very proud of her dining-room at Anemone Cottage.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
The plant is closely related to the anemone, which is sometimes called the wind flower.
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But this legend was not followed by the other classical writers, who made the Anemone to be the flower of Adonis.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

British Dictionary definitions for anemone

anemone

/ (əˈnɛmənɪ) /

noun

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 flowersSee also pasqueflower Compare sea anemone

Word Origin for anemone

C16: via Latin from Greek: windflower, from anemos wind

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for anemone

anemone

[ ə-nĕm′ə-nē ]

See sea anemone.

anemone

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