英语词汇“nepenthes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

nepenthes

释义

(also nepenthe /-ʹpenthi/) a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow, described by Homer in the Odyssey

any of a genus of plants that includes the pitcher plants: genus Nepenthes

nepenthean /-thi·ən/ adj

[Greek nēpenthēs banishing pain or sorrow, from nē- not + penthos grief, sorrow]

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