anemone
Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae family, such as the windflowerAny plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
» Aggregating anemones use their tentacles to sting and paralyze prey.
Klon-Anemonen benutzen ihre Tentakel, um Beutetiere zu nesseln und zu lähmen.
Meaning
2 sensesAny plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
Windröschen, Anemone
анемо́нanemón, ветрени́цаvetreníca
any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
A sea anemone.
Examples
6 sentencesAggregating anemones use their tentacles to sting and paralyze prey.
deKlon-Anemonen benutzen ihre Tentakel, um Beutetiere zu nesseln und zu lähmen.
The photo Mary took of an anemone colony won an important national photography contest.
They also found hundreds of white-tentacled anemones, but they could not collect specimens.
Anemones are very pretty, strange, and interesting animals.
ruАктинии очень красивые, необычные и интересные животные.
Her group found a new species of anemone and two new species of sponges, but that's not what has them excited.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + mFrom Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”).
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Forms
plural: anemonesSynonyms
2 synonyms- any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves:windflower
- marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton:sea anemone