Adonis /(ȧ*dō"nĭs)/

A·do·nis

Adonis

n.
  1. A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. (Gr. Myth.)
  2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
  3. A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. (Bot.)