(n) slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue, Syn.false rue, Isopyrum biternatum
n. [ L. anemone, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; wind. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This word is sometimes pronounced especially by classical scholars. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actinaria; an actinian. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ They have the oral disk surrounded by one or more circles of simple tapering tentacles, which are often very numerous, and when expanded somewhat resemble the petals of flowers, with colors varied and often very beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]
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