What is the meaning of Adonis?

noun

  • Any handsome young man.
  • Annual or perennial herbs.
  • Greek mythology. ( a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone)
    • usage: "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
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