Adonis
1. annual or perennial herbs • Syn: genus Adonis • Hypernyms: magnoliid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: Ranunculaceae, family Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family • Member Meronyms: pheasant's-eye, Adonis annua 2. (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 • Topics: Greek mythology • Hypernyms: daemon, demigod
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