Definition of Euryale

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Gorgon

2. Noun. Basket stars.
Exact synonyms: Genus Euryale
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

1. 1. 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. 2. A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms. Origin: NL, fr. Euryale, one of the Gorgons. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euryale

european union
europhile
europhiles
europhilia
europian
europium
europiums
europoan
euros
eurosid
eurosids
eurosids I
eurosids II
euroxenous parasite
eury-
euryale (current term)
euryalida
euryarchaeal
euryarchaeon
euryarchaeota
eurybath
eurybathic
eurybaths
eurycephalic
eurycerous
eurygnathic
eurygnathism
eurygnathous
euryokies

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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