Thesaurus: hesperides

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1. n. pl. The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
2. n. pl. The garden producing the golden apples.
3. n. (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
4. 1. (Class. Myth.) The class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/daughters">daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides. 2. The garden producing the golden apples. It not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the Hesperides Shak.
5. The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), andfabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, atthe western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragonand get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules.Called also Atlantides.
6. n (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera