Meaning of EUTERPE
| Pronunciation: | | yoo'turpee
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- [n] (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)
- [n] a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Euterpe |
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| | See Also: | | Arecaceae, cabbage palm, Euterpe oleracea, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, liliopsid genus, monocot genus, Muse, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae | |
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| | Definition: | | \Eu*ter"pe\ [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? delightful; ? well + ?
to delight.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over music.
2. (Bot.) A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant
trees.
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| | Related Terms: | | afflatus, Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, artistic imagination, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Clio, conception, creative imagination, creative power, creative thought, Erato, esemplastic imagination, esemplastic power, fire of genius, genius, Helicon, Hippocrene, inspiration, Melpomene, Muse, mythicization, mythification, mythopoeia, Orpheus, Parnassus, Pierian Spring, Pierides, poesy, poetic genius, poetic imagination, Polyhymnia, Polymnia, sacred Nine, shaping imagination, Terpsichore, Thalia, the Muses, the Nine, tuneful Nine |
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