anemone : Idioms & Phrases

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alpine anemone

  • noun silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
    Alpine anemone; Anemone tetonensis.
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anemone canadensis

  • noun common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado
    Anemone Canadensis.
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anemone cylindrica

  • noun a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles
    thimbleweed.
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anemone fish

  • noun live associated with sea anemones
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anemone ludoviciana

  • noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
    wild crocus; Eastern pasque flower; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
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anemone nemorosa

  • noun European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands
    Anemone nemorosa.
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anemone occidentalis

  • noun of western North America
    Pulsatilla occidentalis; Western pasqueflower.
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anemone pulsatilla

  • noun European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers
    Pulsatilla vulgaris; European pasqueflower.
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anemone quinquefolia

  • noun common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
    Anemone quinquefolia; snowdrop.
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anemone riparia

  • noun thimbleweed of northern North America
    longheaded thimbleweed.
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anemone sylvestris

  • noun Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers
    Anemone sylvestris; snowdrop windflower.
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anemone tetonensis

  • noun silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
    Alpine anemone; Anemone tetonensis.
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anemone virginiana

  • noun thimbleweed of central and eastern North America
    Virginia thimbleweed.
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canada anemone

  • noun common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado
    Anemone Canadensis.
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clown anemone fish

  • noun an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion
    Amphiprion percula.
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false rue anemone

  • noun slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
    Isopyrum biternatum; false rue.
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genus anemone

  • noun perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions
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mountain anemone

  • noun silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
    Alpine anemone; Anemone tetonensis.
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prairie anemone

  • noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
    wild crocus; Eastern pasque flower; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
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Rue anemone

  • noun woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate
    Anemonella thalictroides.
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  • a pretty springtime flower (Thalictrum anemonides) common in the United States.
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sea anemone

  • noun marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
    anemone.
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snowdrop anemone

  • noun Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers
    Anemone sylvestris; snowdrop windflower.
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Wood anemone

  • noun common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
    Anemone quinquefolia; snowdrop.
  • noun European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands
    Anemone nemorosa.
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  • (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa) of early spring; also called windflower. See Illust. of Anemone.
Webster 1913