Definition of adonis Adonis
/ʌdɑˈnʌs/ - [udanus] - A•do•nis
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What does adonis mean?
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NounPlural: adonises |
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| adonis - annual or perennial herbs | ||
| genus Adonis | ||
| magnoliid dicot genus genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms | ||
| buttercup family, crowfoot family, family ranunculaceae, ranunculaceae a family of Ranunculaceae | ||
| adonis - (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" | ||
| daemon, demigod a person who is part mortal and part god | ||
| adonis - any handsome young man | ||
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Wiktionary 
- adonis (Noun)
A beautiful man.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adonis (n.)
A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. - adonis (n.)
A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy. - adonis (n.)
A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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adonis
A genus of about 20-30 species of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe and Asia. -
adonis
A figure of West Semitic origin, where he is a central cult figure in various mystery religions, who enters Greek mythology in Hellenistic times. -
adonis
A handsome young man.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adonis
a-dō′nis, n. a beautiful youth, beloved by Aphrodite (Venus): a beau or dandy.—v.t. and v.i. Ad′onise, to make beautiful
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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adonis
An anguilliform fish, about six inches long: it is of a golden colour, with a greenish tint, and has a white line from its very small gills to the tail.
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🔤- adonis, noun, singular of adonises.
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