n. - A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in
the chase by a wild boar.
n. - A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
n. - 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.
n. - A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in
the chase by a wild boar.
n. - A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
n. - 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.