a magnoliid dicot genus of annual or perennial herbs
plant noun (plants and fungi)
Adonis*
(* Adonis may be used in a singular or plural context)
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a figure with West Semitic antecedents, where he is a central cult figure in various mystery religions, who entered Greek mythology. He is closely related to the Cypriot Gauas or Aos, Egyptian Osiris, the Semitic Tammuz and Baal Hadad, the Etruscan ... (41 of 2062 words, 5 images)
pen name of Ali Ahmad Said, 1930–, Syrian poet and essayist, generally considered the Arab world's greatest living poet. He began writing poetry in ... (25 of 226 words)
a hero in Greek mythology. Adonis may also refer to People: Adonis (poet) modern Syrian poet, also known as Ali Ahmed Said | Adonis (artist), house music pioneer | Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, a British politician | Adrian Adonis, the stage name of ... (40 of 161 words, 12 senses)
in Greek mythology, a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite and Persephone. He was killed while hunting boar, but was allowed by Zeus to divide his time ... (26 of 71 words, 2 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
a youth loved by Aphrodite who is killed at hunting by a wild boar and restored to Aphrodite from Hades for a part of each year | a very handsome ... (29 of 48 words, 2 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
[classical mythology] a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with ... (27 of 45 words, 2 senses, pronunciation)
taxonomic genus, within tribe Ranunculeae - known as pheasant's eye or bloddrops | [Greek mythology] A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite. | [rare] A male given name | A beautiful man. (29 of 43 words, 4 senses, 1 etymology)
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