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a⋅nem⋅o⋅ne
[uh-nem-uh-nee] 
–noun
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | sea anemone. |
Origin:
1545–55; < L < Gk: lit., daughter of the wind, equiv. to ánem(os) wind + -ōnē fem. patronymic suffix; see -one
1545–55; < L < Gk: lit., daughter of the wind, equiv. to ánem(os) wind + -ōnē fem. patronymic suffix; see -one
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| a·nem·o·ne (ə-něm'ə-nē) n.
[Latin anemōnē, from Greek, probably from anemos, wind (perhaps because the petals are lost easily in wind); see anə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Anemone
A*nem"o*ne\, n. [L. anemone, Gr. ?, fr. ? wind.]1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. Note: This word is sometimes pronounced [a^]n`[=e]*m[=o]"n[-e], especially by classical scholars.
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anemone
"flowering plant genus," 1548, from L. anemone, from Gk. anemone "wind flower," lit. "daughter of the wind," from anemos "wind" (cognate with L. anima, see animal) + -one feminine patronymic suffix, the flower name perhaps orig. from Hebrew (cf. na'aman, in nit'e na'amanim, lit. "plants of pleasantness," in Is. xvii.10, from na'em "was pleasant"). Sea anemone is from 1773.
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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
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| anemone (ə-něm'ə-nē) Pronunciation Key
See sea anemone. |
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