| 单词 | anemone |
| 释义 | anemone[ uh-nem-uh-nee ] / əˈnɛm əˌni / SEE SYNONYMS FOR anemone ON THESAURUS.COM nounany of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors. sea anemone. Origin of anemone1545–55; <Latin <Greek: literally, daughter of the wind, equivalent to ánem(os) wind + -ōnē feminine patronymic suffix; see -one Words nearby anemoneanemograph, anemography, anemology, anemometer, anemometry, anemone, anemone fish, anemophilous, anemophobia, anemoscope, anemosis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anemoneBritish Dictionary definitions for anemoneanemone / (əˈnɛmənɪ) / nounany ranunculaceous woodland plant of the genus Anemone of N temperate regions, such as the white-flowered A. nemorosa (wood anemone or windflower). Some cultivated anemones have lilac, pale blue, pink, purple, or red flowersSee also pasqueflower Compare sea anemone Word Origin for anemoneC16: via Latin from Greek: windflower, from anemos wind Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for anemoneanemone [ ə-nĕm′ə-nē ] See sea anemone. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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