(n) (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone, Example: when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite
(n) type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia, Syn.genus Cladonia
(n) an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans, Syn.reindeer lichen, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Heb. ădōnāi my Lords. ] One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated “Jehovah” are really the vowel points of the word “Adonai.” See Jehovist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia. Syn. -- genus Cladonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
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