ANEMONE

ANEM'ONE, ANEM'ONY, noun [Gr. from wind.]Wind-flower; a genus of plants of numerous species. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens, of which their double flowers are among the most elegant ornaments.Sea anemone See Animal Flower.

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