From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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