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anemone

[uh-nem-uh-nee] / əˈnɛm əˌni /
NOUN
polyp
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He receives live sea anemone, which he presents tableside to guests so they can better understand what they are eating.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2025

Sea anemone isn’t braised and paired with glass noodles.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2025

Slice it in half, and each piece becomes a complete, fully functional anemone.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

"This proportional response allows the anemone to restore its shape, highlighting how organisms like Nematostella interpret and respond to tissue loss in a way that's scaled to the damage incurred."

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

He saw Hooper's legs, waving like the fronds of a sea anemone.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

Similar to Portuguese man o' war, by-the-wind sailors are colonies of animals related to sea anemones and corals, and they possess stinging cells.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

The fossil did not match known features of sea squirts, sea anemones, or corals.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2026

The florist-by-trade gestures behind her to hundreds of flowers contained in buckets — blue thistles, ivory anemones and calla lilies painted silver — all twisted and unfurling into the air.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2026

Inside the egg, a surprise awaits: a bouquet of flowers made of white quartz wood anemones, each flower with gold wire stem and stamens.

From Barron's Nov. 27, 2025

Now, she sees that the anemones are messy curls and the creature is Luke Messenger.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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