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1. (n.) Adonis
a youth of Greek myth, slain by a wild boar, but brought back to life by Zeus and permitted to divide his time every year between Persephone and Aphrodite.
2. Adonis
a very handsome young man.
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| Definition of 'Adonis' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) adonis
any handsome young man
2. (noun) Adonis, genus Adonis
annual or perennial herbs
3. (noun) Adonis
(Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
"when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
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| Definition of 'Adonis' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Adonis
a youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar
2. (noun) Adonis
a preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy
3. (noun) Adonis
a genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower
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| Definition of 'Adonis' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Adonis
A plant genus of the family RANUNCULACEAE. Members contain cardenolide oligoglycosides such as adoniside, adonisidum and alepposide.
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