anemone
nounUK /əˈnɛməni/
US /əˈnɛməni/
A sea anemone is a soft sea animal that looks like a pretty flower and has tentacles that wave in the water.
The clownfish hid inside the sea anemone to stay safe.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A small garden plant with colorful cup-shaped flowers that bloom in spring.
Purple anemones bloomed along the garden path.
3. Any of several related flowering plants of the buttercup family.
The meadow was dotted with white wood anemones.
4. In biology, a polyp-like marine animal of the order Actiniaria.
Scientists studied how the anemone captures tiny fish with its stinging cells.