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Meanings of anemone in inglés

portugués
anêmona
catalán
anemone

Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves.

        anêmona
        portugués
        anêmona
        catalán
        anèmona de mar

        Marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton.

              anêmona
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              Examples for "sea anemone"
              Examples for "sea anemone"
              1
              Therefore, scorpion and sea anemone toxins offer an example of mechanistic convergent evolution.
              Pubmed
              2
              This person plunges underwater and moves her hair around like a sea anemone.
              No one belongs here more than you: stories
              3
              The small sea anemone Aiptasia provides a tractable laboratory model for investigating these mechanisms.
              Pubmed
              4
              This lodger, as you will notice in our coloured picture, is the sea anemone.
              On the Seashore / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VII
              5
              The way that her voice opened and shut reminded him of a sea anemone.
              Balloons
              Usage of anemone in inglés
              1
              The anemone grows in open places by the woods or the hillside.
              The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
              2
              They open briefly, like an anemone being prodded, then curl up again.
              The great lover
              3
              There is a sweet little flower called the wood anemone, or wind-flower.
              The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
              4
              Beulah leaned forward and plucked an anemone blossom from a rock cranny.
              The Sheriff's Son
              5
              Therefore, scorpion and sea anemone toxins offer an example of mechanistic convergent evolution.
              Pubmed
              6
              A beadlet anemone devouring a young goby with an implosive burst.
              The Scar
              7
              To Helena an anemone was one more fantastic pretty figure in her kaleidoscope.
              The Trespasser
              8
              It is a perfect flower with its petals, like the houstonia or anemone.
              A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
              9
              She found clumps of bloodroot, great anemone-flowers that she picked by the handful.
              I've Married Marjorie
              10
              The anemone that weeps at day-break, like a silly girl before her lover
              Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
              11
              This person plunges underwater and moves her hair around like a sea anemone.
              No one belongs here more than you: stories
              12
              And neither crocus, nor anemone, nor narcissus was as fair as she was.
              Intentions
              13
              The small sea anemone Aiptasia provides a tractable laboratory model for investigating these mechanisms.
              Pubmed
              14
              The Japanese anemone should be replanted only in the spring.
              Making a Garden of Perennials
              15
              Today the Lapasa empire has more tentacles than an anemone.
              Spider bones: a novel
              16
              This lodger, as you will notice in our coloured picture, is the sea anemone.
              On the Seashore / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VII
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              Anemone through the time
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              United Kingdom
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