ADONIS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

any handsome young man

Categories: Man, Adult male

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

annual or perennial herbs

Categories: Magnoliid dicot genus

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

(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

Categories: Daemon, Demigod