mountain anemone
- noun
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anémona de montaña
- Hikers admired the delicate petals of the mountain anemone along the Rocky Mountain trails.
Examples
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The meadow was dotted with blooming mountain anemone in early summer.
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A single, bright mountain anemone stood out among the alpine grasses.
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The mountain anemone blooms beautifully in spring.
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Have you seen a mountain anemone before?
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Hikers admired the delicate petals of the mountain anemone along the Rocky Mountain trails.
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A single, bright mountain anemone stood out among the alpine grasses.
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The meadow was dotted with blooming mountain anemone in early summer.
Synonyms
A small plant from the Rocky Mountains with silky leaves and pale blue-white flowers
A small mountain plant with soft leaves and pale blue or white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound denotes an anemone that grows in mountainous habitat, so a learner who knows 'mountain' and 'anemone' can derive the meaning directly. This follows the regular noun–modifier composition pattern (modifier specifying the location/habitat) and has no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, making it immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Mountain anemone combines mountain (where the plant grows) and anemone (a small 'windflower'). Picture a delicate flower on a high slope that seems to move in the breeze, and that image helps you remember it is a small mountain plant with silky, bluish-white petals.
