Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
Adonis
(noun) (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; “when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite”
adonis
(noun) any handsome young man
Adonis, genus Adonis
(noun) annual or perennial herbs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adonis
(Greek mythology) A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek
A surname.
Adonis (plural Adonises or Adonides)
A beautiful man.
• danios, sodian
Source: Wiktionary
A*do"nis, n. Etym: [L., gr. Gr.
1. (Gr. Myth.)
Definition: A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasaut's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.