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NEPENTHES
Nepenthes, genus Nepenthes
(noun) pitcher plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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