wood anemone
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[edit]Noun
[edit]wood anemone (plural wood anemones)
- Either of two plant species of the family Ranunculaceae, Anemone nemorosa and Anemone quinquefolia.
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 26:
- The poor but lovely bird sat there, posing among the celandines and wood anemones, wondering why its wing-tips were frozen together.
- 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 60:
- The mud dried and the spring flowers came out: yellow coltsfoot, and white wood anemones in profusion[.]
- The snowdrop windflower (Anemone sylvestris).
Synonyms
[edit]- (Anemone nemorosa): windflower, European thimbleweed, smell fox
- (Anemone quinquefolia):
- (Anemone sylvestris): snowdrop windflower
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Anemone nemorosa
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Anemone quinquefolia
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Anemone sylvestris
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See also
[edit]- wood anemone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anemone on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Anemone nemorosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anemone quinquefolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anemone sylvestris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia