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Definitions for Nepenthes
[1] nepenthe.
[2] any of various tropical Asian and Australian pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leaves usually in the form of cylindrical tubes.
[3] a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
[4] anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow or trouble.
[5] a drug, or the plant providing it, that ancient writers referred to as a means of forgetting grief or trouble
[6] anything that produces sleep, forgetfulness, or pleasurable dreaminess
Words related to Nepenthes
anesthetic, opium, painkiller, dope, sedative, opiate, tranquilizer, heroin, merchandise, junk, fix, hypnotic, soporific, stuff, analgesic, anodyne, downer, lenitive, laudanum, somnifacient
Words nearby Nepenthes
nepal, nepalese, nepali, nepean, nepenthe, nepenthes, neper, nepeta, neph-, nephanalysis, nephele
Origin of Nepenthes
1590–1600; < Latin nēpenthes < Greek nēpenthés herb for soothing, noun use of neuter of nēpenthḗs sorrowless, equivalent to nē- not + pénth(os ) sorrow + -ēs adj. suffix
Other words from Nepenthes
ne·pen·the·an , adjective
Word origin for Nepenthes
C16: via Latin from Greek nēpenthes sedative made from a herb, from nē- not + penthos grief
Synonyms for Nepenthes
anesthetic, dope, hard drug, heroin, merchandise, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, tranquilizer, analgesic, anodyne, downer, fix, hypnotic, junk, laudanum, lenitive, soporific, stuff, hard stuff, somnifacient, stupefacient