Hesperides (English, noun)
expansion: Hesperides pl (plural only)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
tags: Greek
plural
plural-only
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The garden of the Hesperides.
tags: Greek
plural
plural-only
glosses: A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.
tags: figuratively
plural
plural-only
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