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nepenthes
  1. A drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (c. 8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; hence, any drug or substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief.
  2. A Southeast Asian carnivorous plant of the genus Nepenthes; a monkey cup or tropical pitcher plant.
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    1. “Its contents, the nepenthes as administered by Helen to her guests to instill joy, have been consumed.”
      “One of the broad sort, nepenthes rajah, will hold two quarts of water in its pitcher.”
      “Among the botanical productions nepenthes destillatoria, the famous pitcher-plant of the East, deserves mention.”
nepenthe
  1. (archaic) Alternative form of nepenthes (“a drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow”). [from 16th c.]
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    1. “I did not find the nepenthe I sought for anywhere on draught, so I went home in disgust.”
      “The other, beneath its bitter lash, becomes a human dynamo, plunging into the nepenthe of toil.”
      “The ancient Greeks, when brand-new democracy got too much for them, knew the calming oblivion of eating the lotus or sipping nepenthe.”
nepenth
  1. (obsolete, rare) Alternative form of nepenthes.
nepenthes
  1. (archaic) plural of nepenthe.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Its contents, the nepenthes as administered by Helen to her guests to instill joy, have been consumed.”
      “One of the broad sort, nepenthes rajah, will hold two quarts of water in its pitcher.”
      “Among the botanical productions nepenthes destillatoria, the famous pitcher-plant of the East, deserves mention.”
nepenths
  1. (obsolete, rare) plural of nepenth.
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