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(d"ns), n.[L., gr. Gr. 'A°dwnis.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. 2. A preminently beautiful young man; a dandy. 3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculace, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. スポンサード リンク
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