adonis

Noun
  1. Any handsome young man (synset 110308625)
    is a type of: adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
  2. Annual or perennial herbs (synset 111744998)
    is a type of: magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
    member holonym: adonis annua, pheasant's-eye - Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers
    belongs to: buttercup family, crowfoot family, family ranunculaceae, ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceae
    same as: genus adonis
  3. (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone (synset 109570758)
    "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
    referred to in: greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
    is a type of: daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god

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