Anemone

Definitions

1. Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
2. A sea anemone.

Equivalents

Examples

“Here (it was said) every year the youth Adonis was again wounded to death, and the river ran red with his blood, while the scarlet anemone bloomed among the cedars and walnuts.”

“Then walking slowly forward⟳ he read⟳ the letter again, murmuring here and there a word. Angry tulips with you darling manflower punish⟳ your cactus if you don’t please⟳ poor forgetmenot how I long violets to dear roses when we soon anemone meet⟳ all naughty nightstalk wife Martha’s perfume. Having read⟳ it all […]”

“Among herbs that have⟳ traditionally been considered to possess⟳ aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle.”

“The engagement photos were set⟳ in a leafy bower festooned with pink and white roses, anemones, lilies and delphinium, like⟳ something straight out of an enchanted garden.”

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