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pheasant's eye

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of genus Adonis of flowering plants in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to Europe and Asia, particularly

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noun

Meaning 2

Any of genus Adonis of flowering plants in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to Europe and Asia, particularly

Adonis annua, a plant with bright red flowers

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noun

Meaning 3

Narcissus poeticus, a species of daffodil

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Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: адо́нис (adónis) — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Bulgarian: гороцвет (gorocvet) — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Catalan: adonis — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Czech: hlaváček — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Erzya: куконьсельведть (kukonseľvedť) — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Esperanto: adonido — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Finnish: ruusuleinikki — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • French: adonis — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • French: adonide — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • German: Adonisröschen — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Hungarian: hérics — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Irish: Adónas bliantúil — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Italian: adonide — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Maltese: għajn is-serduq — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Persian: آدونیس (adonis) — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Polish: miłek — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Romanian: cocoșel-de-câmp — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Russian: адо́нис (adónis) — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Swedish: adonis — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Ukrainian: адо́ніс (adónis) — flowering plant of the genus Adonis
  • Esperanto: aŭtuna adonido — Adonis annua
  • Finnish: syysruusuleinikki — Adonis annua
  • Polish: miłek jesienny — Adonis annua
  • Swedish: höstadonis — Adonis annua
  • Bulgarian: бял нарцис (bjal narcis) — Narcissus poeticus
  • Catalan: narcís dels poetes — Narcissus poeticus
  • Catalan: grandalla — Narcissus poeticus
  • Czech: narcis bílý — Narcissus poeticus
  • Finnish: valkonarsissi — Narcissus poeticus
  • German: Weiße Narzisse — Narcissus poeticus
  • German: Dichter-Narzisse — Narcissus poeticus
  • Polish: narcyz biały — Narcissus poeticus
  • Romansh: narcissa alva — Narcissus poeticus