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anemone (iou)



anemone noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek anemone, from anemos wind.]
A plant of the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family; esp. (also wood anemone) A. nemorosa, a common woodland plant bearing delicate white flowers in early spring (also called windflower). Also, a flower of such a plant. M16.
Japanese anemone: see JAPANESE adjective. PLUMOSE anemone. St Brigid anemone, St Brigid's anemone: see SAINT noun & adjective.
More fully sea anemone. An anthozoan belonging to the order Actiniaria, having a radiating array of tentacles around the mouth. M18.
Comb.: anemone fish any of a number of damselfishes (esp. of the genus Amphiprion), which live in commensal association with sea anemones.