anemone

1. Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves (synset 111745484)
   is a type of: flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
   subtypes:

   • alpine anemone, anemone tetonensis, mountain anemone - silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
   • anemone canadensis, canada anemone - common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado
   • anemone cylindrica, thimbleweed - a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles
   • anemone nemorosa, wood anemone - European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands
   • anemone quinquefolia, snowdrop, wood anemone - common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
   • anemone sylvestris, snowdrop anemone, snowdrop windflower - Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers
   belongs to: genus anemone - perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions
   same as: windflower
2. Marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles;
   Differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton (synset 101917250)
   is a type of: actinozoan, anthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
   subtypes: actinia, actinian, actiniarian - any sea anemone or related animal
   belongs to: actinaria, actiniaria, order actinaria, order actiniaria - sea anemones
   same as: sea anemone

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