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anemone
[ uh-nem-uh-nee ]
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.
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 flowers See also pasqueflower Compare sea anemone
anemone
/ ə-nĕm′ə-nē /
- See sea anemone
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anemone1
C16: via Latin from Greek: windflower, from anemos wind
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A single print of an enlarged sea anemone came across as a declaration rather than a suggestion.
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Sad faery blossoms secret scents distil In trackless solitudes; nor ever will The lone anemone her lover find!
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Anemone Cottage was built partly of boulders taken from the shore.
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Miss Martha was very proud of her dining-room at Anemone Cottage.
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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.
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