anemone

• Sustantivo que designa tanto una planta terrestre del género Anémona (Anemone), apreciada por sus vistosas flores y hojas recortadas, como un pólipo marino semejante a una flor con tentáculos dispuestos en anillos alrededor de la boca, que se distingue de los corales por no formar un esqueleto duro.

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.

   Anémona (planta)

   • 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.

   Sinónimoswindflower

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.

   anémona de mar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosactinia