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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several anemones, especially Anemone quinquefolia of eastern North America or A. nemorosa of Eurasia, having deeply divided leaves and a showy, solitary, often white flower.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wind-flower, Anemone nemorosa.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Used as a common name of two plant species of the family
Ranunculaceae , Anemone nemorosa and Anemone quinquefolia. - noun A parallel name for
snowdrop windflower (Anemone sylvestris).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
- noun European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands
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