rue anemone
- noun
- US
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anémona de rue
- She bent down to pick a delicate rue anemone from the forest floor.
- rue anemone and sharp-lobed hepatica
Examples
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The woods were filled with rue anemone and other spring wildflowers.
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The rue anemone blooms in early spring.
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Botanists admire the fragile beauty of the rue anemone in its natural habitat.
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Have you seen a rue anemone in the forest?
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The woods were filled with rue anemone and other spring wildflowers.
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She bent down to pick a delicate rue anemone from the forest floor.
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Botanists admire the fragile beauty of the rue anemone in its natural habitat.
Synonyms
A small woodland flower from eastern North America with delicate cup-shaped blooms
A small wild plant with delicate white or pink flowers that grows in North American woods
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun compound where 'anemone' is the head (a type of plant) and 'rue' specifies which kind, so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes an anemone associated with or resembling rue. This modifier+head pattern is a common, compositional formation in English and across languages, making the meaning predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Rue anemone gets its name from how the little wildflower looks: its divided leaves reminded people of the herb rue and its small, cup-shaped flowers looked like tiny anemones. So the name points to those two plants and helps you picture this delicate woodland flower.
