Anemonella

/ˌænəmoʊˈnɛlə/ noun

Definition

A genus of small flowering plants in the buttercup family, commonly called rue anemones, with delicate white or pink flowers.

Etymology

From Greek anemone (wind flower) plus the diminutive suffix -ella, literally meaning 'little anemone.' The term was coined in botanical Latin to describe these small anemone-like plants.

Kelly Says

Rue anemones got their 'wind' name not because wind helps them but because they dance and flutter in the slightest breeze—the ancient Greeks thought the flowers only opened when the wind blew, so they named them after Anemone, the wind goddess.

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