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Definition of Euryale
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons.
2. Noun. Basket stars.
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm Genus
Group relationships: Euryalida, Subclass Euryalida
Definition of Euryale
1. n. A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.
Medical Definition of Euryale
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Euryale
Literary usage of Euryale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"... euryale ? an sua caique dcus fit dira cupido ? a parody that is not the less
diverting from its having been before gravely made by Tasso : O dio ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The euryale came to anchor in the harbor on the 14th of December, about six
hundred yards from the wharf. She was of four hundred and fifty tons burden, ..."
3. Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and Rome edited by William Peter (1847)
"0 THOU, the bright-haired Graces' bud and care, euryale! Sure Venus fair And
sweet Persuasion, with her eyelids mild, In rose-flower cradle nourished thee a ..."
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