NEPENTHES

Nepenthes, genus Nepenthes

(noun) pitcher plants

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

nepenthes (uncountable)

A drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; hence, any drug or substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief.

A Southeast Asian carnivorous plant of the genus Nepenthes; a monkey cup or tropical pitcher plant.

Synonyms

• (plant): monkey cup

Etymology 2

Noun

nepenthes

(archaic) plural of nepenthe.

Synonyms

• nepenths (obsolete)

Source: Wiktionary

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Ne*pen"thes, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Nepenthe.]

1. Same as Nepenthe. Milton.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.

NEPENTHE

Ne*pen"the, n. Etym: [Fr. Gr.

Definition: A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. Pope. Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. Poe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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