nepenthes

nepenthes englanniksi

1. Nepenthes

1. A drug mentioned in Homer's ''Odyssey'' ((circa2)|short=yes) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; ''hence'', any drug or substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief.

2. (quote-book)|year=1549|oclc=837100183|passage=All ye (whom I ſee here preſente) doe fare as if ye were well whittled, and thoroughly moyſted with the Nectar wine of Homericall godds, not without a portion of that iuyce of that meruailous herbe Nepenthes, whiche hath force to put ſadneſſe and meloncholie from the herte: (..)

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4. (RQ:Burton Melancholy) T'is the beſt ''Nepenthes'', ſureſt cordiall, ſweeteſt alteratiue, preſenteſt diuerter: (..)

5. (RQ:Poe Raven)

6. (quote-book)|year=1876|volume=II|page=226|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7o9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA226|oclc=752538909|passage=Homer of Moly and Nepenthe singes: / Moly, the gods most soveraigne hearbe divine. / Nepenth Hellen's drink, which gladnes brings,— / Hart's greife repells, and doth y(sup) witts refine.

7. A Asian carnivorous plant of the genus (taxfmt); a cup or tropical plant.

8. (quote-book) The adherent ovary of Birthworts, their highly developed calyx, axile placentation, and hermaphrodite flowers, are serious difficulties in the way of a close contact between them and Nepenths, unless the peculiar structure of the wood, the consideration of which I for the present abandon, should lead to the final establishment of the class of Homogens, in which case Nepenths and Birthworts will be brought into contact or at least a near neighbourhood.

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10. (quote-book) Production of plants from seeds that have very low chances of germinating and growing, i.e.: orchids and nepenthes.

11. (monikko) en|nepenthe.