ANEMONE

Pronunciation (US):

• ANEMONE (noun)
  The noun ANEMONE has 2 senses:

1. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
2. marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton

  Familiarity information: ANEMONE used as a noun is rare.

• ANEMONE (noun)

Meaning:

Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

anemone; windflower

Hypernyms ("anemone" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anemone"):

Alpine anemone; Anemone tetonensis; mountain anemone (silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers)

Anemone Canadensis; Canada anemone (common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado)

Anemone cylindrica; thimbleweed (a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles)

Anemone nemorosa; wood anemone (European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands)

Anemone quinquefolia; snowdrop; wood anemone (common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers)

Anemone sylvestris; snowdrop anemone; snowdrop windflower (Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers)

Holonyms ("anemone" is a member of...):

genus Anemone (perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions)

Meaning:

Marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sea anemone; anemone

Hypernyms ("anemone" is a kind of...):

actinozoan; anthozoan (sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anemone"):

actinia; actinian; actiniarian (any sea anemone or related animal)

Holonyms ("anemone" is a member of...):

Actinaria; Actiniaria; order Actinaria; order Actiniaria (sea anemones)