What does "adonis" mean?
Adonis: A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasaut's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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