Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the tribe Anemoneae — the anemones.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • This magnificent image, titled Red Anemone, is artist Katinka Matson's latest flower portrait created not with a traditional camera but rather a high-resolution digital scanner.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Anemone from the same country, for autumn blooming, one or two tuberous-rooted Begonias, some Gaillardias and Zinnias, the fragrant little Asperula (Woodruff), and some others.

    An Island Garden 1894

  • It is called Anemone decapetala, and if not by any means a showy species, tufts of it three years from seed have this season been very pretty.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Various

  • Then the gods, because she was beloved by the winds, called her Anemone, the wind-flower.

    The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland Hartwell [Editor] James 1910

  • It is said the wind blows the blossoms open, and afterwards blows the petals away; so it is called Anemone, or Wind

    The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

  • It is said the wind blows the blossoms open, and afterwards blows the petals away; so it is called Anemone, or Wind

    The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

  • Cap'n Bill had commanded and owned the "Anemone," a trading schooner that plied along the coast; and in those days Charlie Griffiths, who was Trot's father, had been the Captain's mate.

    The Sea Fairies 1887

  • And the cellist here, Fred Lonberg-Holm, works in the same way-capable of both delicate chamber sounds ( "Anemone") or percussively plucked tap-dancing ( "Warblepeck") and harrowing sawing that is electronically enhanced ( "Two Shadows").

    PopMatters 2009

  • And the cellist here, Fred Lonberg-Holm, works in the same way-capable of both delicate chamber sounds ( "Anemone") or percussively plucked tap-dancing ( "Warblepeck") and harrowing sawing that is electronically enhanced ( "Two Shadows").

    PopMatters 2009

  • Ross in his "Mystagogus Poeticus," who says that Adonis "was by Venus turned into a red flower called Anemone"), and as I wish, if possible, to link the description to some special flower, I conclude that the evidence is in favour of the Anemone.

    The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

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