Definition of 'adonis'

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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