anemone

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: anemone

1	n	marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
2	n	any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: anemone

Type of:: actinozoan, anthozoan
sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; Alpine anemone, Anemone tetonensis, mountain anemone
silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers; Anemone Canadensis, Canada anemone
common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado; Anemone cylindrica, thimbleweed
a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles; Anemone nemorosa, wood anemone
European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands; Anemone quinquefolia, snowdrop, wood anemone
common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers; Anemone sylvestris, snowdrop anemone, snowdrop windflower
Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers; Anemone riparia, longheaded thimbleweed
thimbleweed of northern North America; Anemone virginiana, Virginia thimbleweed
thimbleweed of central and eastern North America

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