α. 1500s– anemone, 1600s enemony, 1600s–1800s anemony, 1700s anemonie.
β. 1600s anenomy, 1700s anenome.
单词 | anemone |
释义 | anemonen.α. 1500s– anemone, 1600s enemony, 1600s–1800s anemony, 1700s anemonie. β. 1600s anenomy, 1700s anenome. 1. Originally: the pasque flower, Pulsatilla vulgaris (formerly Anemone pulsatilla). In later use: any plant of (or formerly included in) the genus Anemone (family Ranunculaceae), comprising hardy herbaceous perennials typically having saucer-shaped flowers composed of petaloid, often brightly-coloured sepals. Also (in form Anemone): the genus itself.The genus includes species, hybrids, and cultivars that are popular garden plants.alpine anemone, Japanese anemone, St. Brigid anemone, wood anemone, etc.: see the first element.See also star anemone n. (b) at star n.1 Compounds 7a, a regional name for the plant Trientalis borealis (family Primulaceae) in the United States. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > anemones anemone1548 rose parsley1548 windflower1551 agrimony1578 hepatica1578 liverwort1578 noble agrimony1578 noble liverwort1578 pasque flower1578 Coventry bells1597 flaw-flower1597 herb trinity1597 pulsatilla1597 emony1644 wood-anemone1657 Robin Hood1665 poppy anemone1731 Alpine anemone1774 liverleaf1820 Japan anemone1847 Pennsylvania wind flower1869 smell fox1892 prairie smoke1893 prairie crocus1896 St. Brigid anemone1902 Japanese anemonec1908 Spanish marigold- 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. Aviijv Anemone groweth muche about Bon in Germany, I haue not sene it in Englande, it is called of the common herbaries Herba venti, it may be called in english rose perseley. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxv. 423 The third Anemone hath leaues very snipt or indented, & flowers of seuen or eight litle leaues, of a purple violet colour, or red, or white. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects ii. xv. 94 Bees gather of these flowers following..In March..Enemony. 1693 S. Wesley Life our Blessed Lord ii. 48 The Iris proud, and rich Anemone's: From Naz'reth's odoriferous Fields got Free. 1767 J. Rutter & D. Carter Mod. Eden 202 Of the fourth kind, or choice flowers, are auricula's, carnations, tulips, anemones, ranunculus's, and the like. 1825 R. Lyall Trav. Russia, Krimea, Caucasus, Georgia I. xi. 479 I was quite delighted with the botanical banquet of Caucasian rhododendrons, daphnes, anemones and primroses. 1895 M. C. Potter tr. E. Warming Handbk. Systematic Bot. 379 In Anemone and Clematis the honey-leaves pass gradually into the stamens. 1914 Times 7 Feb. 11/3 Anemones look their best in broad stretches, especially when the colours are mixed. 1986 O. Rackham Hist. Countryside v. 63 Every spring, in areas felled the last winter but one, there is the astonishing brilliance of countless oxlips, anemones, violets, water-avens, and wood-spurge. 2002 R. Darke Amer. Woodland Garden v. 206 Woodland anemones are delicate but appealing parts of the spring landscape. 2. Any of numerous marine anthozoans of the order Actiniaria, occurring as sedentary polyps with a columnar body bearing a ring of stinging tentacles (often brightly coloured) around a terminal mouth; = sea-anemone n. at sea n. Compounds 6d.Quot. 1742 could alternatively be interpreted as showing sea-anemone n.beadlet anemone, daisy anemone, opelet anemone, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Zoantharia > suborder Actiniaria > member of sea-nettle1601 red nettle1611 sea-spout1731 anemone1742 sea-anemone1742 sea-mushroom1742 sea-pudding1750 actinia1752 sea-carnation1768 sea star-flower1768 sea-sunflower1768 sea-daisya1776 sea-marigolda1776 sea-torchthistlea1776 insect-flower1791 sea-flower1850 aurora1858 actiniarian1874 actinian1876 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. v. 98 The Sea-Mushroom, or Anemone..is a little Animal found frequently on the Coasts of Normandy. 1853 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Rambles Devon. Coast iv. 96 The Snake-locked Anemone..is by no means common. 1922 Everygirl's Mag. Sept. 24/2 Some naturalists have experimented with the anemone's memory and ability to learn a lesson. 2007 T. Rock Diving & Snorkeling Thailand (ed. 2) 42/1 Around the many alcoves there are numerous types of anemones and anemone fish. Compounds C1. As a modifier, in sense 1. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 213 Yet regard, that in keeping your Anemone rootes out of the ground for this purpose, you neither keep them too dry, nor yet too moist, for sprouting or rotting. 1760 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 598 I have not grounded any part of the anemony pattern. 1850 Cottage Gardener 18 Apr. 41/2 What occasions the anemone plant to run to leaf without producing any flowers? 1888 Garden 2 June 520/3 In reply to the above, your Anemone leaf is infested with a fungus. 1922 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 19 Feb. D3/5 Owing to the restrictions on the importations of anemone bulbs..there is on the market now the beautiful Japanese anemone. 1994 D.A. Mackey Dance Consciousness v. 104 Most men, Rilke recognised, are not as open to life as the anemone flower. 2007 R. Orme Rural Children Rural Church ii. 16 Ideas for craft activities..Planting single anemone corms in plastic pots or beakers of compost to take home. C2. anemonefish n. any of the small, brightly coloured tropical marine fishes of the genera Amphiprion and Premnas (family Pomacentridae), the members of which live among sea anemones in a commensal relationship in which both fish and anemones benefit from increased food supplies and protection from predators; frequently with distinguishing word.Also called clownfish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomacentridae > member of (damsel-fish) Beau-gregory1847 coral-fish1880 goldfish1882 demoiselle1884 Garibaldi1885 damsel-fish1905 white-ear1922 anemonefish1924 maomao1926 1924 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 14 June (Late ed.) 10/5 Mr. M'Culloch..pictured the marvels of fish-life in our coral reefs..—commensals of various kinds, anemone fish, parrot fish, [etc.]. 1991 Sea Frontiers Feb. 47 (caption) The twobar anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) gains protection from the Stoichactidae anemone. 2011 E. Prager Sex, Drugs & Sea Slime iv. 60 The film Finding Nemo brought the reefs' clown and anemonefishes wide fame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1548 |
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