Thesaurus: paris
A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
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- n. A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
- n. The chief city of France.
- A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic. Note: It much resembles the American genus Trillium, but has usually four leaves and a tetramerous flower. The chief city of France. Paris green. See under Green, n. -- Paris white (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.
- A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris;truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
- n. the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce n. sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae n. (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War