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anemone

18 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. anemone (noun)
  2. anemone dahlia (noun)
  3. alpine anemone (noun)
  4. blue anemone (noun)
  5. burrowing anemone (noun)
  6. Canada anemone (noun)
  7. candle anemone (noun)
  8. Carolina anemone (noun)
  9. Easter anemone (noun)
  10. false rue anemone (noun)
  11. French anemone (noun)
  12. Japanese anemone (noun)
  13. poppy anemone (noun)
  14. prairie anemone (noun)
  15. rue anemone (noun)
  16. sea anemone (noun)
  17. snowdrop anemone (noun)
  18. wood anemone (noun)

anem·o·ne

noun \ə-ˈne-mə-nē\

Definition of ANEMONE

1
: any of a large genus (Anemone) of perennial herbs of the buttercup family having lobed or divided leaves and showy flowers without petals but with conspicuous often colored sepals —called also windflower
2
: sea anemone
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Origin of ANEMONE

Latin, from Greek anemōnē
First Known Use: 1548

Other Invertebrates (Except Insects) Terms

cephalopod, quahog

Rhymes with ANEMONE

bigeminy, Gethsemane, hegemony

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