wood anemone

English

Noun

wood anemone (plural wood anemones)

Either of two plant species of the family Ranunculaceae, Anemone nemorosa and Anemone quinquefolia.
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 26:
  The poor but lovely bird sat there, posing among the celandines and wood anemones, wondering why its wing-tips were frozen together.
The snowdrop windflower (Anemone sylvestris).

Synonyms

(Anemone nemorosa): windflower, European thimbleweed, smell fox
(Anemone quinquefolia):
(Anemone sylvestris): snowdrop windflower

Derived terms

yellow wood anemone (Anemone ranunculoides)

Translations

Anemone nemorosa

Bulgarian: бяла съсънка (bjala sǎsǎnka)
Czech: sasanka hajní f
Danish: hvid anemone c
Dutch: bosanemoon (nl)
Estonian: võsaülane
Finnish: valkovuokko (fi)
French: anémone sylvie (fr) f
German: Buschwindröschen (de) n
Italian: anemone dei boschi m
Lithuanian: baltažiedė plukė
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hvitveis (no)

Nynorsk: kvitveis
Polish: zawilec gajowy m
Portuguese: anêmona-dos-bosques f
Romanian: floarea-Paștelui (ro) f, păștiță (ro) f
Russian: ве́треница дубра́вная f (vétrenica dubrávnaja)
Swedish: vitsippa (sv) c

Anemone quinquefolia

Finnish: n.a.
Swedish: amerikansk vitsippa c

Anemone sylvestris

Bulgarian: горска съсънка f (gorska sǎsǎnka)
Finnish: arovuokko
Swedish: tovsippa (sv) c

See also

wood anemone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anemone on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anemone nemorosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anemone quinquefolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anemone sylvestris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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