anemone

• Существительное, обозначающее либо лесное растение рода Ветреница (Анемона), известное своими красивыми цветами и мутовками рассечённых листьев, либо морской полип, напоминающий цветок с ротовыми кольцами щупалец, отличающийся от кораллов тем, что не образует твёрдого скелета.

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.

   Ветреница

   • 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.

   Синонимыwindflower

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.

   Морское животное

   • 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.

   Синонимыactinia