anemone
/əˈnemənɪ/noun
1
- a plant of the buttercup family which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves银莲花。
1.1
- Genus Anemone, family Ranunculaceae: numerous species, including the common Eurasian wood anemone (A. nemorosa).银莲花属, 毛茛科:众多种, 包括常见的欧亚林生银莲花(拉丁名A. nemorosa)。
2
- short for SEA ANEMONE.SEA ANEMONE的简称.
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin, said to be from Greek anemōnē 'windflower', literally 'daughter of the wind', from anemos 'wind', thought to be so named because the flowers open only when the wind blows.