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‖ nepenthes|nɪˈpɛnθiːz|
[L. nēpenthes (Pliny), a. Gr. νηπενθές (Odyss. iv. 221, qualifying ϕάρµακον), neut. of νηπενθής, f. νη- not (see ne) + πένθος grief.]
1. A drug of Egyptian origin mentioned in the Odyssey as capable of banishing grief or trouble from the mind; hence, any drug or potion having, or conceived as having, the same power; also, occas. the plant or herb supposed to yield the drug.
1580Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 425 Where is..that herbe Nepenthes that procureth all delights? 1586E. Hoby Cognet's Pol. Disc. Truth xix. 81 The drougg which Homer called Nepenthes, which he said was able to keep one from smelling yll sauors. 1619Pasquil's Palm (1877) 154 It is the true Nepenthes, Which makes a sad man frolike. 1653Baxter Peace of Consc. Pref., There is so much Opium in these Mountebanks Nepenthes, or Antidote of Rest. 1699Evelyn Acetaria 14 Some will have it [Bugloss] the Nepenthes of Homer. 1739Gentl. Mag. IX. 477 As the Herb Nepenthes gives Joy and Spirits. 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §115. 84 In it the Greeks beheld Zeus face to face; to see it was a nepenthes. 1884Conf. Hachish Eater 112, I have found it [hachish] to be a nepenthes, a sweet bringer of delicious oblivion.
2. A genus of plants (chiefly East Indian) in which the leaves have the form of pitchers; the Pitcher-plant.
1747Gentl. Mag. XXVII. 452 The most remarkable instance of evacuations of this kind..is in the Nepenthes. 1839Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 141 The singular form of leaf in..Nepenthes, which has been called a pitcher. 1857Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 97 If Nepenthes consisted of one or two species..then I should have expected it to have been very variable. 1882Garden 1 Apr. 214/3 The moisture-laden atmosphere required by the Nepenthes.
b. A plant belonging to this genus.
1882Garden 5 Aug. 121/3 No collection of Stove plants ought to be without at least one Nepenthes. |