ADONIS

(Lat.), n. f.. A?d(a3d)-o/ni*s, Gen., adon/idis. From Adonis, from whose blood the plant was fabled to have sprung. Fr. adonide, Ger., Adonis. It., Sp., adonide, A Linnæan genus of ranunculaceous herbs belonging to the tribe Ranunculeæ, distinguished by the absence of pypendnees to the sepals and by the scarlet or yellow hue of the flowers. [B, 34.]—A. æstivalis [Linnus]. Fr., adonide d'été, wil de perdrix. Ger., Som me radon is, Teufelsauge. Pheasant’s-eye; a species growing in England and on the Continent of Europe, bearing small crimson flowers with the corolla much longer than the calyx. It is used as a vesicant, and by Parkins on an infusion of the seeds is recommended for colic. iB, 19, 49; L, 105.J—A. anomala. A peo pee species, the leaves of which are used as a vesicant. [L, 105.)—A. a penn in a. A