Anemone Definition
Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
Other Word Forms of Anemone
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Origin of Anemone
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Latin anemōnē from Greek perhaps from anemos wind (perhaps because the petals are lost easily in wind) anə- in Indo-European roots or perhaps of Semitic origin Hebrew Na‘ămān a man's name (literally “pleasantness”) na‘ămānîm perhaps a distortion of an epithet of Adonis in Isaiah17:10 nʕm in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Or from Phoenician *naxmon, akin to Arabic شقائق النعمان (shaqaa’iq al-no3maan, “anemones”) and Hebrew [script?] (Isiah Scroll) nit'y na'amanim 'plants of pleasantness', from na'em 'was pleasant'.
From Wiktionary
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Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemōnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + feminine patronymic suffix -ώνη (ōnē, “daughter of the wind”).
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From Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemōnē), from ἄνεμος (anemos, “wind”), named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).
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