anemone

anemone
    n 1: any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its
         beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves [syn:
         {anemone}, {windflower}]
    2: marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of
       tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
       [syn: {sea anemone}, {anemone}]
    

Pulsatilla \Pul`sa*til"la\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
   A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.
   This genus is now merged in {{Anemone}}. Some species, as
   {Anemone Pulsatilla}, {Anemone pratensis}, and {Anemone
   patens}, are used medicinally.
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Anemone \A*nem"o*ne\, n. [L. anemone, Gr. ?, fr. ? wind.]
   1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the {Ranunculus} or Crowfoot
      family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in
      gardens.
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   2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See {Actinia}, and {Sea anemone}.
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   Note: This word is sometimes pronounced
         [a^]n`[=e]*m[=o]"n[-e], especially by classical
         scholars.
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