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

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wood anemone

You might as well talk like that to a wood anemone, or a wild rabbit....

From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay

Anemone nemorosa, wood anemone, and A. Pulsatilla, Pasque-flower, occur in Britain; the latter is found on chalk downs and limestone pastures in some of the more southern and eastern counties.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

I would always rather go out of my way than injure them, especially such graceful gems as the wood anemone, or the wild hyacinth, or the wood sorrel, or primroses and cowslips.

From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by William I. Thomas

That one has got the fineness of a wood anemone.

From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins

Linneus observes that the wood anemone blows in Sweden on the arrival of the swallow; and the marsh mary-gold, Caltha, when the cuckoo sings.

From The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Erasmus Darwin

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