wood anemone

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Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa)

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wood anemone (plural wood anemones)

  1. Either of two plant species of the family Ranunculaceae:
    1. Anemone nemorosa.
      Synonyms: windflower, European thimbleweed, smell fox
    2. 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[.]
  2. Synonym of snowdrop windflower

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