adonis (n.)

  1. any handsome young man

  2. annual or perennial herbs

    [ Syn: adonis , genus adonis ]

  3. (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

    [ Syn: adonis ]

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