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adonis

/ədˈɑnəs/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. any handsome young man
  2. annual or perennial herbs
  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”

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