Anemone occidentalis
- noun
- /əˈnɛməni ˌɑkɪdɛnˈtælɪs/
- Specialized
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anémona occidental
- The Anemone occidentalis blooms early in the spring in the mountains of Washington.
Examples
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Hikers in the Rockies often spot Anemone occidentalis along alpine trails.
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Researchers studied the distribution of Anemone occidentalis across different elevations.
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The Anemone occidentalis blooms beautifully in spring.
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Look at this Anemone occidentalis!
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Hikers in the Rockies often spot Anemone occidentalis along alpine trails.
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Researchers studied the distribution of Anemone occidentalis across different elevations.
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The Anemone occidentalis blooms early in the spring in the mountains of Washington.
Synonyms
A small wild flower that comes back every year in western North America
A plant that lives many years in western North America with large hairy white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Anemone + occidentalis
This is a Latin binomial composed of the genus name 'Anemone' (a plant) plus the epithet 'occidentalis' (Latin-derived, meaning 'western'—cognate with 'occidental'), so the meaning 'western anemone' or 'western pasqueflower' is directly derivable from the parts. Taxonomic names are compositional and follow a predictable cross-linguistic pattern, so a learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE's referent.
Etymology
Anemone occidentalis comes from words meaning 'wind' and 'west'. Anemone is from a word for 'wind' because the flower and its seed head move in the breeze, and occidentalis means 'western' because the plant grows in western North America, so the name is like a 'western wind-flower'.
