anemone
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1. marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | actinozoan, anthozoan, |
definition | : | sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | actinia, actinian, actiniarian, |
definition | : | any sea anemone or related animal (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | actinaria, actiniaria, order actinaria, order actiniaria, |
definition | : | sea anemones (noun.animal) |
2. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | flower, |
definition | : | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | alpine anemone, anemone tetonensis, mountain anemone, |
definition | : | silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anemone canadensis, canada anemone, |
definition | : | common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anemone cylindrica, thimbleweed, |
definition | : | a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anemone nemorosa, wood anemone, |
definition | : | European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anemone quinquefolia, snowdrop, wood anemone, |
definition | : | common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anemone sylvestris, snowdrop anemone, snowdrop windflower, |
definition | : | Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus anemone, |
definition | : | perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions (noun.plant) |
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