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Image:Açaizeiro no palácio.JPG|thumb|Euterpe oleracea

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ju:ˈtɜ:.pi/,


Proper noun

Euterpe

  1. A taxonomic genus, within subtribe Euterpeinae - the açai palms.

See also

  • See Wikipedia for species


Category:Taxonomic names

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English

Etymology

From Greek ευτέρπη meaning pleasing, from εὖ (well) + τέρπειν terpein, (to delight, to please).

Proper noun

  1. The Muse of music and lyric poetry, specifically of flute playing, joy and pleasure.


Translations

de:Euterpe

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Euterpe \Eu*ter"pe\ [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? delightful; e'y^ well
+ ? to delight.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over music.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant
trees.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet Euterpe
n 1: a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical
America [syn: genus Euterpe]
2: (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)
Moby Dictionary
Apollo , Apollo Musagetes , Bragi , Calliope , Castilian Spring , Clio ,
Erato , Helicon , Hippocrene , Melpomene , Muse , Orpheus , Parnassus ,
Pierian Spring , Pierides , Polyhymnia , Polymnia , Terpsichore ,
Thalia , afflatus , artistic imagination , conception ,
creative imagination , creative power , creative thought ,
esemplastic imagination , esemplastic power , fire of genius , genius ,
inspiration , muse , mythicization , mythification , mythopoeia , poesy ,
poetic genius , poetic imagination , sacred Nine ,
shaping imagination , the Muses , the Nine , tuneful Nine


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