Found 3 hits - Term: anemone, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pulsatilla \pul`satil"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.
1913 webster
see also:
anemone anemone pulsatilla anemone pratensis anemone patens
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
anemone \anem"one\, 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.
1913 webster
2. zool. the sea anemone. see actinia, and sea anemone.
1913 webster
note: this word is sometimes pronounced
a^n`=em=o"n-e, especially by classical
scholars.
1913 webster
see also:
ranunculus actinia sea anemone
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
anemone
n 1: any woodland plant of the genus anemone grown for its
beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves syn: windflower
2: marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of
tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
syn: sea anemone
see also:
windflower sea anemone
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