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wood anemone noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌwʊd əˈnem.ə.ni/ us /ˌwʊd əˈnem.ə.ni/ a small plant with white flowers that appear in spring: The ground was carpeted with wild garlic, hyacinths, and wood anemones. Drifts of lesser celandine and wood anemone had burst into flower. In spring there are wood anemones and violets. There are many woodland flowers, such as wood sorrel, bluebell, foxglove, and wood anemone. Snowdrops, celandines, and wood anemones exploit the spring period, when there are no leaves on the trees. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium locoweed loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist sea pink sedum sego lily self-heal senecio |