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anemone

ane·mone

UK/əˈnɛməne/ US/əˈnɛməni/ rare

noun

1.

any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves

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2.

marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton

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Origin

From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”). Or from Phoenician *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 (*nʿmn), akin to Arabic شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān, “anemones”) and Hebrew (Isaiah Scroll) נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (nit'ei na'amanim, “plants of pleasantness”).

Phrases

  • alpine anemone
  • ANDRILL anemone
  • anemone fish
  • buttercup anemone
  • Chinese anemone
  • clown anemone
  • false plum anemone
  • hell's fire anemone

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