Meaning of ADONIS in English

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Meaning of ADONIS in English

• A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
• A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
• A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
• A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
• A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
• A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

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