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ˈsea-flower
A flower growing in or by the sea. Also, an actinia or sea-anemone. Also attrib.
1805Forsyth Beaut. Scot. II. 366 [The sea-anemones'] lively colours..equal anything recited by natural historians of the sea-flowers of other climates. 1817Moore Lalla Rookh, Fire-Worshippers (near end), Fair as the sea-flower close to thee growing. 1819Shelley Prometh. Unb. iii. ii. 47 Nereids..With..starry sea-flower crowns. 1830Tennyson Merman ii, Dressing their hair with the white sea⁓flower. 1850Dana Geol. i. 10 The waters abound in..the variously coloured actinias or sea-flowers. |