əˈθu noun
1.
Also called dragon's mouth, swamp pink. an orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, of eastern North America, having a solitary pink flower with a blotched, fringed lip: now rare.
2.
(initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a nymph who was changed into a spring to save her when she was being pursued by the river god Alpheus.
Origin:
1810–20; (< Neo-Latin) < Greek Aréthousa
1810–20; (< Neo-Latin) < Greek Aréthousa
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| —n | |
| a North American orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, having one long narrow leaf and one rose-purple flower fringed with yellow | |
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| Arethusa (ˌærɪˈθjuːzə) | |
| —n | |
| Greek myth a nymph who was changed into a spring on the island of Ortygia to escape the amorous advances of the river god Alpheus | |
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arethusa
in Greek mythology, a nymph who gave her name to a spring in Elis and to another on the island of Ortygia, near Syracuse
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