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dragons mouth - 2 dictionary results

dragon's mouth

–noun
arethusa (def. 1).

Origin:
1930–35

ar⋅e⋅thu⋅sa

[ar-uh-thoo-zuh]
–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; (< NL) < Gk Aréthousa
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