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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 is very textural, and requires a lot of preparation,” Hudda explains.

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

With the remarkable starlet sea anemone as their model, they're eager to uncover more secrets about how organisms heal and maintain balance.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

The grass swayed and rustled around her like the tentacles of a gigantic undersea anemone.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Overall, the experiments showed that sea anemones rely on an antiviral pathway that is fundamentally different from the one used by humans, even though both systems contain molecular components that look strikingly alike.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 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

It is hoped species such as ross worms, anemones, oysters and mussels will live on the reef cubes and that fish and crustaceans will also come over time.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2025

The mud dried and the spring flowers came out: yellow coltsfoot, and white wood anemones in profusion—and the wall being built around Asgard was a glorious, imposing thing.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman




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