anemone
Collocations
4ADJ.
female, new, new, scarlet, wild
VERB + ANEMONE
took
ANEMONE + NOUN
colony, poppy, valerian
PREP.
among, in
Definitions
noun
Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
Here (it was said) every year the youth Adonis was again wounded to death, and the river ran red with his blood, while the scarlet anemone bloomed among the cedars and walnuts.
Then walking slowly forward he read the letter again, murmuring here and there a word. Angry tulips with you darling manflower punish your cactus if you don’t please poor forgetmenot how I long violets to dear roses when we soon anemone meet all naughty nightstalk wife Martha’s perfume. Having read it all […]
A sea anemone.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beauti
- windflower
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Here (it was said) every year the youth Adonis was again wounded to death, and the river ran red with his blood, while the scarlet anemone bloomed among the cedars and walnuts.
WiktionaryThen walking slowly forward he read the letter again, murmuring here and there a word. Angry tulips with you darling manflower punish your cactus if you don’t please poor forgetmenot how I long violet
WiktionaryAmong herbs that have traditionally been considered to possess aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle.
WiktionaryThe photo Mary took of an anemone colony won an important national photography contest.
Tatoeba · #9130898Only the biggest clownfish in an anemone is a female, and if she disappears, the biggest male turns into a female and takes up her role of egg-layer.
Tatoeba · #11436384Her group found a new species of anemone and two new species of sponges, but that's not what has them excited.
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