Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. 2. (n.) A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy. 3. (n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ADONIS a-do'-nis: A name for the Babylonian god TAMMUZ, which see. The word occurs only in the English Revised Version, margin of Isaiah 17:10, where for "pleasant plants" is read "plantings of Adonis." The the American Standard Revised Version rightly omits this marginal suggestion.

Multi-Version Concordance Adonis (1 Occurrence) Isaiah 17:10 For you have not given honour to the God of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the Rock of your strength; for this cause you made a garden of Adonis, and put in it the vine-cuttings of a strange god; (BBE)