wood anemone

American  

noun

1. any of several anemones, especially Anemone nemorosa, of the Old World, or A. quinquefolia, of the U.S.

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wood anemone British  

noun

1. Also called: windflower.  any of several woodland anemone plants, esp Anemone quinquefolia of E North America and A. nemorosa of Europe, having finely divided leaves and solitary white flowers

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Etymology

Origin of wood anemone

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

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wood anemone

That one has got the fineness of a wood anemone.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

Among other common examples are the rosy-white hawthorn, wood anemone, bindweed, dropwort, and many others.

From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

While I have numbered bloodroot among May flowers, it often does appear in April, and before the wood anemone.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

For May there are the dog-tooth violet and the wood anemone, false Solomon's seal, Jack-in-the-pulpit, wake robin, bloodroot and violets.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

The coppices are carpeted with primroses, with pansies and wild strawberry blossom,—the woods are spangled with the delicate flowers of the woodsorrel and wood anemone, the meadows enamelled with cowslips....

From Our Village by Mitford, Mary Russell