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Adonis

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Adonis

1
 n
(Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
2
 n
annual or perennial herbs
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Adonis
1

n (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”
Type of:
daemon, demigod
a person who is part mortal and part god
2

n annual or perennial herbs

Synonyms:
genus Adonis
Type of:
magnoliid dicot genus
genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
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