Anticlea

Translingual

Proper noun

Anticlea

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – certain plants.

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀντίκλεια (Antíkleia, literally “without fame”)

Proper noun

Anticlea

  1. (Greek mythology) A queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.

Alternative forms
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