Annual or perennial herbs; Also called: genus Adonis.

1. (Classical mythology) A handsome youth loved by Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
2. In Greek mythology, a beautiful youth loved by the goddess Aphrodite. He was killed while boar-hunting but was allowed to return from the underworld for six months every year to rejoin her. The anemone sprang from his blood.

ETYM Latin, gr. Greek Adonis.
Any handsome young man.