arethusa
/ˌæɹɪˈθjuːzə/
arethusa noun: a bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
Noun
arethusa (plural arethusas)
- A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
- Synonyms:
- bog orchid
Proper noun capitalized: Arethusa
Arethusa
- A nereid nymph, who became a fountain.
- Arethusa arose / From her couch of snows / In the Acroceraunian mountains,——1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Arethusa”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published...
- One of the Hesperides nymphs.
- 95 Arethusa, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms of arethusa
Forms of arethusa
| plural | arethusas |
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Origin of arethusa
From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa, literally “The Waterer”).
Questions about arethusa
- What does arethusa mean?
- Arethusa means a bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
- What part of speech is arethusa?
- Arethusa can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce arethusa?
- Arethusa is pronounced /ˌæɹɪˈθjuːzə/.
- What is the plural of arethusa?
- The plural of arethusa is arethusas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arethusa (page history and authors); Arethusa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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