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wind⋅flow⋅er

  [wind-flou-er]
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–noun
any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.
Origin:
1545–55; trans. of Gk amemnē anemone; see wind 1 , flower
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a·nem·o·ne   (ə-něm'ə-nē)   
n.  

  1. 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.

  2. 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.]
wind·flow·er   (wĭnd'flou'ər)   
n.  See anemone.
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