Plural of anemone; a group of sea creatures with tentacles that live on the ocean floor, or flowering plants with simple cup-shaped flowers.
From Greek anemone meaning 'wind flower,' possibly from anemos (wind) because the flowers move delicately in breezes. The sea creature was named for its superficial resemblance to the flower's tentacles.
Sea anemones were named after flowers because early naturalists thought their waving tentacles looked like flower petals—but the comparison is backwards in function: flowers sway in wind while anemone tentacles wave to catch tiny swimming creatures to eat!
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