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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

It was a leftover structure from a deep-sea anemone, specifically the base that once attached the animal to the seafloor.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

“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

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

To answer that question, genetically modified sea anemones were moved from laboratory aquaria into outdoor marine mesocosms supplied with natural estuarine water in South Carolina.

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

I went to our table, looking straight before me, and immediately paid the penalty of gaucherie by knocking over the vase of stiff anemones as I unfolded my napkin.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier


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