anemone

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ănĕmōnē, ēs, f., = ἀνεμώνη,

anemone , i. e. wind-flower , Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 65; 21, 23, 94, § 164 (in the latter pass. Pliny says it was so called because it opened its flowers only when the wind blew; it grows most abundantly in Alpine districts of warmer regions).

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