anemone

3 definitions found

anemone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pulsatilla \Pul`sa*til"la\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
     A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.
     This genus is now merged in {Anemone}. Some species, as
     Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens
     , are used medicinally.
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  Anemone \A*nem"o*ne\, n. [L. anemone, Gr. ?, fr. ? wind.]
     1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot
        family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in
        gardens.
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     2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.
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     Note: This word is sometimes pronounced
           [a^]n`[=e]*m[=o]"n[-e], especially by classical
           scholars.
           [1913 Webster]

anemone - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anemone
      n 1: any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its
           beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves [syn:
           anemone, windflower]
      2: marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of
         tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
         [syn: sea anemone, anemone]