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Wood anemone

noun

Common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers. Synonyms: Anemone quinquefolia, snowdrop.

European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands. Synonym: Anemone nemorosa.

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"Wood anemone" Quotes from Famous Books

... nature. I feel all the time as a donkey who has got into a flower-bed ought to feel,—that I am a very mischievous animal. I would always rather go out of my way than injure them, especially such graceful gems as the wood anemone, or the wild hyacinth, or the wood sorrel, or primroses and cowslips. I feel that I could not restore one of the hundreds my careless feet have injured, even if my ...

— Ernest Bracebridge - School Days • William H. G. Kingston

Words linked to "Wood anemone" : snowdrop, Anemone nemorosa, windflower, anemone