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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

"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

By measuring the aspect ratio -- the ratio of length to width -- they found that the anemone returned to its pre-injury proportions.

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




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