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nepenthe
(encz) | nepenthe,utišující lék Zdeněk Brož |
Nepenthe
(gcide) | Nepenthe \Ne*pen"the\, n. [Fr. Gr. ? removing all sorrow; hence,
an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the
day; ? not + ? sorrow, grief.]
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.
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Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. --Pope.
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Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. --Poe.
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nepenthe
(encz) | nepenthe,utišující lék Zdeněk Brož |
Nepenthes
(gcide) | Nepenthes \Ne*pen"thes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Nepenthe.]
1. Same as Nepenthe. --Milton.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in tropical areas
of India, Malaya, Australia, 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.
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Nepenthes distillatoria
(gcide) | Nepenthes \Ne*pen"thes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Nepenthe.]
1. Same as Nepenthe. --Milton.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in tropical areas
of India, Malaya, Australia, 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.
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genus nepenthes
(wn) | genus Nepenthes
n 1: pitcher plants [syn: Nepenthes, genus Nepenthes] |
nepenthes
(wn) | Nepenthes
n 1: pitcher plants [syn: Nepenthes, genus Nepenthes] |
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