English noun: adonis | |||
1. | adonis (person) any handsome young man | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult male, man | ||
2. | Adonis (plant) annual or perennial herbs | ||
Synonyms | genus Adonis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | magnoliid dicot genus | ||
Member holonym | Adonis annua, pheasant's-eye | ||
Member meronym | buttercup family, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae | ||
3. | Adonis (person) (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone | ||
Samples | When Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | daemon, demigod | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||