Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anemone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The sea anemone. See {Actinia}, and {Sea
anemone}.
Note: This word is sometimes pronounced
[a^]n`[=e]*m[=o]"n[-e], especially by classical
scholars.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anemone
n : any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its
beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves [syn: {windflower}]
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