The Adonis flower or pheasant’s eye, said to be stained by the blood of Adonis, who was gored by a boar.
“O fleur, si chère à Cytheree
Ta corolle fut, en naissant,
Du sang dʹAdonis colorée.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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