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Brewer's: Goutte de Sang
The Adonis flower or pheasant's eye, said to be stained by the blood of Adonis, who was gored by a boar.
O fleur, si chère à Cytheree Ta corolle fut, en naissant, Du sang d'Adonis colorèe.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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