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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pulsatilla \Pul'sa*til"la\, noun [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in {{Anemone}}. Some species, as {Anemone Pulsatilla}, {Anemone pratensis}, and {Anemone patens}, are used medicinally.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Anemone \A*nem"o*ne\, noun [L. anemone, Gr. ?, fr. ? wind.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the {Ranunculus} or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The sea anemone. See {Actinia}, and {Sea anemone}.
Note: This word is sometimes pronounced [a^]n'[=e]*m[=o]"n[-e], especially by classical scholars.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
anemone
noun
1: any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves [syn: {windflower}]
2: marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton [syn: {sea anemone}]
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