anemone

An anemone can jab a predator or nab some lunch in about a hundredth of a second, says Karabulut, also of the Stowers Institute.

Sea anemones, which are closely related to corals, and mushroom coral can turn oxybenzone — a chemical that protects people against ultraviolet light — into a deadly toxin that’s activated by light.

Researchers identified a host of anemones and other species living within the rubbish, which allows the little creatures to thrive in an otherwise inhospitable environment.

Tide pools sprung up out of seemingly every water-filled boulder, showing off their electric green anemones and thick clumps of mussels.

“Probably these slicing teeth allowed it to process a huge range of foods,” says Longrich, noting that dogfish sharks use their teeth to chop up everything from fish to sea anemones.

A single print of an enlarged sea anemone came across as a declaration rather than a suggestion.

Sad faery blossoms secret scents distil In trackless solitudes; nor ever will The lone anemone her lover find!

Anemone Cottage was built partly of boulders taken from the shore.

Miss Martha was very proud of her dining-room at Anemone Cottage.

The plant is closely related to the anemone, which is sometimes called the wind flower.

But this legend was not followed by the other classical writers, who made the Anemone to be the flower of Adonis.