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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

So, even if the anemone became smaller after an injury, it maintained the same shape.

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

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

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

After examining their form, habitat, and shell structure, the team concluded that Salterella and Volborthella most likely belonged to the cnidarian group -- relatives of modern corals, jellyfish, and sea anemones.

From Science Daily Nov. 12, 2025

Photos show the couple surrounded by roses, anemones, delphiniums and hydrangeas which appear to be set up in woodland with strategically placed urns and an archway, wedding florist Nicola Paul told the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

Gardens of corals and sponges and flowery sea anemones clung to the rocks and danced in the whirling currents.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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