1. A youth beloved by Venus, who having received a mortal wound from the tusk of a wild boar while hunting, was changed by her into the flower that bears his name; pheasant's eye, or bird's eye.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• addris,
• adnis,
• atonio,
• adens,
• adiis,
• apons,
• iconis,
• adone,
• andonis,
• adminis,
• edonist,
• adenin,
• adnit,
• adeosis,
• adonac,
• adonia,
• zdonis,
• sdonis,
• wdonis,
• qdonis

• adams,
• adenosine,
• admissive,
• adonic,
• adnexa,
• admission,
• adansonia,
• adenosis.

The adjective form of "adonis" is "adonic".