Definitions for anemones

anemones a·nem·o·ne

Spelling: [uh-nem-uh-nee]
IPA: /əˈnɛm əˌni/

Anemones is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in anemones (aeemnnos).

Definitions for anemones

noun

  1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
  2. sea anemone.

Origin of anemones

1545-55; Latin Greek: literally, daughter of the wind, equivalent to ánem(os) wind + -ōnē feminine patronymic suffix; see -one

Examples for anemones

Miss Martha was very proud of her dining-room at anemone Cottage.

The anemone and Ranunculus are medium, or half-hardy, roots.

Drop one in the centre of an anemone and see how quickly it contracts.

The Japanese anemone should be replanted only in the spring.

Of course not; I should think I ought to know an anemone by now, sir!

anemone Cottage was built partly of boulders taken from the shore.

Lulla, because of her anemone ways, is sometimes unkindly called "Huffs."

The locomotive power of the anemone, or actinia, is very sluggish.

The lovely blue windflower (anemone Apennina), is, I believe, one of these.

He was killed by a boar, and turned by Venus into an anemone.

Word Value for anemones
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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