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Anemopsis

noun
An·​e·​mop·​sis | \ˌanəˈmäpsə̇s\

Definition of Anemopsis 

: a small genus of herbs (family Saururaceae) found in southwestern North America having long-stalked entire leaves and minute flowers in a terminal bracted spike

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First Known Use of Anemopsis

1841, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Anemopsis

New Latin, from anem- (from Anemone) + -opsis; from its resemblance to an anemone

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