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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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;
- Example: "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adonis \A*do"nis\ ([.a]*d[=o]"n[i^]s), n. [L., gr. Gr. 'A`dwnis.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. [1913 Webster] 2. A pre["e]minently beautiful young man; a dandy. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculace[ae], containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

ADONIS ADvanced On-Screen Information System, "AdonIS"