anemone

/əˈnɛməni/

/əˈnɛməni/

Other forms: anemones

An anemone is a brightly colored flower. Another name for an anemone is a "windflower."

You might decide to plant anemones in your garden if you want a colorful, summer-blooming plant. Another kind of anemone is a "sea anemone," which is not a plant at all, but a flower-like sea creature that attaches itself to a surface and feeds on fish and crustaceans. Anemone is a Greek word that means "windflower" or literally "daughter of the wind," from anemos, "wind," and the feminine suffix -one.

Definitions of anemone

1. noun

   marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
   synonyms: sea anemone

   types:

   actinia, actinian, actiniarian

   any sea anemone or related animal

   type of:

   actinozoan, anthozoan

   sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
2. noun

   any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
   synonyms: windflower

   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

   type of:

   flower

   a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms