Anemone

a·nem·o·ne   (ə-něm'ə-nē)    n.   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. A sea anemone. [Latin anemōnē, from Greek, probably from anemos, wind (perhaps because the petals are lost easily in wind); see anə- in Indo-European roots.]

anemone 

Main Entry: anem·o·ne
Pronunciation: &-'nem-&-nE
Function: noun
1 : a plant or flower of the genus Anemone
2 capitalized : a genus of herbs of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) widely distributed in temperate and subarctic regions that have lobed or divided often involucral leaves andshowy flowers lacking petals but having showy sepals and that include some (as a pasqueflower) used medicinally especially formerly