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anemone

[uh-nem-uh-nee] / əˈnɛm əˌni /
NOUN
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This deeper analysis confirmed the presence of animal DNA and revealed a strong genetic match to the giant deep-sea anemone Relicanthus daphneae.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

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

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

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

"Humans and sea anemones both need protection from viruses, but this work shows that evolution can organize those defenses in fundamentally different ways," Moran added.

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

Vines wrapped the pillars, and epiphytes clung to the ceiling like anemones, or roosting butterflies.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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