Anemone Definition

ə-nĕmə-nē

anemones

noun

anemones

Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Anemone in the buttercup family, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having palmately lobed leaves and large white or brightly colored flowers.

American Heritage

Any of a number of related plants of a genus (Anemone) of the buttercup family, with cup-shaped flowers that are usually white, pink, red, or purple.

Webster's New World

Sea anemone.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

A sea anemone.

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Synonyms:

pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Anemoneae — the anemones.

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Other Word Forms of Anemone

Noun

Singular:

anemone

Plural:

anemones

Origin of Anemone

Latin anemōnē from Greek perhaps from anemos wind (perhaps because the petals are lost easily in wind) anə- in Indo-European roots or perhaps of Semitic origin Hebrew Na‘ămān a man's name (literally “pleasantness”) na‘ămānîm perhaps a distortion of an epithet of Adonis in Isaiah17:10 nʕm in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Or from Phoenician *naxmon, akin to Arabic شقائق النعمان (shaqaa’iq al-no3maan, “anemones”) and Hebrew [script?] (Isiah Scroll) nit'y na'amanim 'plants of pleasantness', from na'em 'was pleasant'.

From Wiktionary
Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemōnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + feminine patronymic suffix -ώνη (ōnē, “daughter of the wind”).

From Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemōnē), from ἄνεμος (anemos, “wind”), named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

From Wiktionary