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Noun anemone has 2 senses
  1. anemone, windflower - any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
    --1 is a kind of flower
    --1 is a member of genus Anemone
    --1 has particulars:
     Alpine anemone, mountain anemone, Anemone tetonensis; Canada anemone, Anemone Canadensis; thimbleweed, Anemone cylindrica; wood anemone, Anemone nemorosa; wood anemone, snowdrop, Anemone quinquefolia; snowdrop anemone, snowdrop windflower, Anemone sylvestris
  2. sea anemone, anemone - marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
    --2 is a kind of anthozoan, actinozoan
    --2 is a member of Actiniaria, order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinaria
    --2 has particulars: actinia, actinian, actiniarian
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