anemone

• اسم يشير إلى نبات عشبي بري من جنس الشقار أو الحوذان، يتميز بأزهاره الجميلة وأوراقه المتفصصة، أو إلى حيوان بحري لافقاري يشبه الزهرة وله لوامس محيطة بفمه ولا يكوّن هيكلاً صلباً كالمرجان.

A noun referring to either a woodland plant of the genus Anemone, known for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves, or a marine polyp that resembles a flower with oral rings of tentacles, differing from corals in that it does not form a hard skeleton.

1. Flowering plantB2formal

   A type of woodland plant from the genus Anemone, cultivated for its attractive flowers and distinctive whorls of finely divided leaves.

   شقّار

   • The garden was filled with white and pink anemones in early spring.
   • Anemones bloom beautifully under the shade of deciduous trees.
   • She planted a bed of anemones near the old oak tree.

   المرادفاتwindflower

2. Marine animalB2formalscientific

   A sea creature that resembles a flower, with a cylindrical body and a ring of tentacles around its mouth; unlike corals, it does not produce a hard skeleton.

   حيوان بحري

   • The clownfish hid among the tentacles of the sea anemone.
   • Divers observed a colorful anemone attached to the coral reef.
   • Sea anemones use their stinging tentacles to capture small prey.

   المرادفاتactinia