Anemone
Buttercup family member
Anemone refers to two unrelated organisms.
The flower is a perennial with delicate, colorful blooms that open in spring: The anemones swayed in the breeze.
The sea anemone is a marine invertebrate with tentacles radiating from a central stalk, resembling the flower.
Both names trace to the Greek word for wind.
Flexible grasping appendage
- cnidarianStinging aquatic invertebrate
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
tidepool · clownfish · Nemo · symbiosis · stinging · anemonefish · invertebrate · sessile
Exceptionally attractive man
- AphroditeGreek goddess of love
- VenusLove goddess, or planet
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
Greek · myth · Ovid · windflower · transience · mortality · love · tragedy
tentacle
Flexible grasping appendage
reef · tidepool · clownfish · Nemo · symbiosis · stinging · anemonefish · invertebrate · sessile · column
Adonis
Exceptionally attractive man
metamorphosis · Greek · myth · Ovid · windflower · transience · mortality · love · tragedy · transformation
windflower
Breeze-stirred blossom
- ranunculusFlowering plant, cup-shaped petals
- buttercupYellow meadow flower
- perennialRecurring each year
bulb · corm · tuber · St. Brigid · japonica · florist · bouquet · vase · cutting · spring