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Jupiter :: "Jupiter (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity..

Devenustate :: Devenustate (v. t.) To deprive of beauty or grace.

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus..

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

Venerean :: Venerean (a.) Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal..

Clam :: Clam (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve..

Medicean :: Medicean (a.) Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, the Medicean Venus..

Venust :: Venust (a.) Beautiful.

Venus :: Venus (n.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified..

Venus :: Venus (n.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus..

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

Love :: Love (n.) Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus..

Campanulaceous :: Campanulaceous (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceae) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass..

Myrtle :: Myrtle (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used i

Venereal :: Venereal (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus..

Phosphor :: Phosphor (n.) The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer..

Maidenhair :: Maidenhair (n.) A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair..

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..

Aphrodisian :: Aphrodisian (a.) Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. Aphrodisian dames [that is, courtesans]..

Paphian :: Paphian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites..

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