anemone

Definitions


[əˈnɛməni], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a plant of the buttercup family which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves



Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin, said to be from Greek anemōnē ‘windflower’, literally ‘daughter of the wind’, from anemos ‘wind’, thought to be so named because the flowers open only when the wind blows




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