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Anemone
A-nem′o-ne
,Noun.
[L.
anemone
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] wind.] 1.
(Bot.)
A genus of plants of the
Ranunculus
or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. 2.
(Zool.)
The sea anemone. See
Actinia
, and Sea anemone
. ☞ This word is sometimes pronounced
ănˊē-mō′nē̍
, especially by classical scholars. 