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anemone

[uh-nem-uh-nee] / əˈnɛm əˌni /
NOUN
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“Sea anemone is very textural, and requires a lot of preparation,” Hudda explains.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2025

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

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

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

Losing a foot caused mild changes, while the anemone being cut in half led to significant remodelling.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

She finds barnacles, an anemone as soft as silk; she sets her fingers as lightly as she can on a Nassarius.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Ancient organisms such as sea anemones can preserve evolutionary innovations that would remain hidden if scientists focused only on humans, mice, and other commonly studied species.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

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 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

The crab and anemone recognize each other as partners by molecular configurations, as do the anemones and their symbiotic damsel fish.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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