- A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in
the chase by a wild boar. - A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy. - 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.
Meaning of 'Adonis' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . adonis
[ n]
Meaning (1): - (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
Example in sentence:
when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite