nepenthe

We have found lemma(root) word of nepenthe : nepenthes.

Definitions


[nɪˈpɛnθiːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a drug described in Homer's Odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person's mind

- a plant of a genus that comprises the Old World pitcher plants


Phrases:

Origin:
via Latin from Greek nēpenthēs ‘dispelling pain’, from nē- ‘not’ + penthos ‘grief’; sense 2 is from modern Latin




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