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Definition of anemone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

anemone

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/əˈneməni/
 
/əˈneməni/
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  1. a small plant with white, red, blue or purple flowers that are like cups in shape and have dark centres see also sea anemone
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin, said to be from Greek anemōnē ‘windflower’, literally ‘daughter of the wind’, from anemos ‘wind’, thought to be called this because the flowers open only when the wind blows.
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