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Noun
wood anemone (plural wood anemones)
- Either of two plant species of the family Ranunculaceae:
- Anemone nemorosa.
- Synonyms: windflower, European thimbleweed, smell fox
- Anemone quinquefolia
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 26:The poor but lovely bird sat there, posing among the celandines and wood anemones, wondering why its wing-tips were frozen together.
2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 60:The mud dried and the spring flowers came out: yellow coltsfoot, and white wood anemones in profusion[.]
- Synonym of snowdrop windflower
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