Why this word is great
ANEMONE — [Noun] A terrestrial flower of the genus Anemone, such as the windflower, or a solitary marine polyp of the order Actiniaria. From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, "wind") + the matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, "daughter of"), thus meaning "daughter of the wind"; alternative theories suggest a Semitic origin akin to Phoenician, Arabic, and Hebrew words for 'pleasantness.' Unlike "ranunculus," which denotes a glossy, terrestrial buttercup, or "coral," a colonial architect of hard limestone, an anemone is a creature of soft, singular reception. It is the tremor of a pale petal on a thin stalk, stirred by the very breeze it is named for; the cool, yielding grip of a sea-floor polyp, its tentacles a slow, carnivorous bloom in the underwater gloom; the paradox of rootedness and fluidity, a being defined by what sways it—wind or water. To be an anemone is to live perpetually in the caress of a greater, moving force, a quiet lesson in yielding without breaking.