Anemone

See also: anemone, anémone, and anêmone

Translingual

Anemone ranunculoides

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”); named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

Pronunciation

• English: IPA^(key): /əˈnɛməniː/

Proper noun

Anemone f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – anemones.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Anemoneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Anemone coronaria (poppy anemone) - type species; Anemone canadensis, Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone), Anemone multifida (cut-leaved anemone), Anemone quinquefolia (wood anemone), Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) - selected other species

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Anemoneae): Archiclematis, Barneoudia, Clematis, Metanemone, Naravelia, Oreithales, Pulsatilla - genera

Derived terms

• Metanemone

References

• Anemone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anemone on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anemone on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anemone at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Anemone at Tropicos

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anemōnē.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Anemone f (genitive Anemone, plural Anemonen)

1. anemone

Declension

Declension of Anemone [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Anemone	die	Anemonen
genitive	einer	der	Anemone	der	Anemonen
dative	einer	der	Anemone	den	Anemonen
accusative	eine	die	Anemone	die	Anemonen

Derived terms

• Seeanemone

Further reading

• “Anemone” in Duden online
• “Anemone” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache