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Word: Anemone
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin, said to be from Greek anemōnē ‘windflower’, literally ‘daughter of the wind’, from anemos ‘wind’, thought to be so named because the flowers open only when the wind blows
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈnɛməni
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a plant of the buttercup family which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves.
Short Definition:plant of buttercup family that has coloured flowers
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