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noun(Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
Definition that contains leander
- hero (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
- abydos an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
- oleander fern tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
- oleandra mollis tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
- genus nerium one species: oleander
- oleandra neriiformis tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
- nerium one species: oleander