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anemone.

Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.

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Meaning & usage

noun/əˈnɛməni/Received-Pronunciation, US/əˈneməni/Australia, New-Zealand/əˈnɛməne/Scotland/-nɪ/Scotland

  1. Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.

  2. A sea anemone.

Where this word comes from

From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”). Or from Phoenician *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 (*nʿmn), akin to Arabic شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān, “anemones”) and Hebrew (Isaiah Scroll) נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (nit'ei na'amanim, “plants of pleasantness”).

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