Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Adonis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adonis \A*do"nis\ ([.a]*d[=o]"n[i^]s), n. [L., gr. Gr.
'A`dwnis.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He
was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
2. A pre["e]minently beautiful young man; a dandy.
3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family {Ranunculace[ae]},
containing the pheasant's eye ({Adonis autumnalis}); --
named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained
the flower.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adonis
n 1: any handsome young man
2: annual or perennial herbs [syn: {Adonis}, {genus Adonis}]
3: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite, the
goddess of love [syn: {Adonis}]
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