anemone
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anemone /əˈnɛməni/
▶noun
- 1 a plant of the buttercup family, which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves. [Genus Anemone: numerous species.]
- 2 a sea anemone.
– origin C16: from L., said to be from Gk anemōnē ‘windflower’, appar. because the flowers were said to open only when the wind blows.
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