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   anemone

   /əˈnɛməni/

   noun

   • 1. a plant of the buttercup family which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves.
   • 2. short for sea anemone

   Word Origin 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.

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