Anemone

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pulsatilla \Pul`sa*til"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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anemone \A*nem"o*ne\, 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.
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     2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See {Actinia}, and {Sea anemone}.
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     Note: This word is sometimes pronounced
           [a^]n`[=e]*m[=o]"n[-e], especially by classical
           scholars.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]