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Definition of 'adonis'

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Noun

  1. any handsome young man
  2. annual or perennial herbs
       Synonyms: 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"


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