nepenthes

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Definition von nepenthes im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A Southeast Asian plant of the genus Nepenthes

plural form of nepenthe

A drug referred to in Homer's Odyssey as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; hence, any substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief

For 'tis the best nepenthes, surest cordial, sweetest alterative, presentest diverter .

There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria

Same as Nepenthe

plural of nepenthe

See Pitcher plant

A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc

which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey- cups

Silbentrennung

ne·pen·thes

Etymologie

() From Latin nēpenthes, from Ancient Greek νηπενθές (“sorrow-banishing”) (neuter), from νη- (“not”) + πένθος (“grief”).