adonis annua

1. 1.

   Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers

   Synonymspheasant's-eye

   Broaderflower

   Part ofAdonis

Questions about adonis annua

What does adonis annua mean?

adonis annua means "Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers".

What is another word for adonis annua?

Close synonyms include pheasant's-eye. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adonis annua a common word?

adonis annua is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.