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arethusa::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | orchid, orchidaceous plant |
| Has types | wild pink, bog rose, dragon's mouth, arethusa bulbosa |
Examples of arethusa
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Arethusa comes, to tell Ceres that she saw Pluto make off with Proserpine.
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Arethusa Lodge is a prime spot for watching birdlife amid the peaceful surroundings of a 14ha wetland reserve.
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Arethusa, the nymph of a spring, could make her way through subterranean flows from the Peloponnesus, to surface on the island of Sicily.
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- Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
- Arethusa is an academic journal founded in 1967. It is highly distinguished in the field of Classics thanks to its interdisciplinary approach incorporating contemporary theoretical perspectives and more traditional approaches to literary and material evidence. ...
- Arethusa was an ancient Greek city, colony of Chalcis in easternmost Mygdonia, north of Stageira, near to Bolbe Lake, Rhechius river and Bromiscus. It is considered the burial place of Euripides.
- Arethusa (/u02CCu00E6ru1D7Bu02C8u03B8juu02D0zu0259/; Ancientu00A0Greek: u1F08u03C1u03ADu03B8u03BFu03C5u03C3u03B1) means "the waterer". In Greek mythology, she was a nymph and daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), who fled from her home in Arcadia beneath the sea and came up as a fresh water fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily.
- Arethusa bulbosa, commonly called Dragon's Mouth Orchid, is the only species in the orchid genus Arethusa. The genus is named after a naiad of Greek mythology. This monotypic genus is abbreviated Aret in trade journals.
- Arethusa (or Aretusa) is a Roman Catholic titular see in the former Roman province of Syria, near Apameia. The modern, Arabic name of the site is Er-Rastan.
- 95 Arethusa is a large main-belt asteroid. Its coloring is dark, its composition carbonaceous and primitive. It was discovered by Robert Luther on November 23, 1867, and named after one of the various Arethusas in Greek mythology. ...
- Class light cruisers laid down 1912, commissioned 1914
