#58 anemone

#58 anemone- woodland, white flowered plant

- C16 via Latin from Greek- windflower, from anemos wind

- also anemone fish, anemoscope- a device that shows the presence and direction of a wind, anemometry - technique of measuring wind speed and direction

In the legend of Venus and Adonis the anemone is the flower that sprang from the tears of the queen as she mourned the death of her loved one.

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