The word is in the Wiktionary

8 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• nepenthes n. A drug mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey (C. 8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief;…
• nepenthes n. A Southeast Asian carnivorous plant of the genus Nepenthes; a monkey cup or tropical pitcher plant.
• nepenthes n. (Archaic) plural of nepenthe.

— International convention —

• Nepenthes prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Nepenthaceae – the pitcher plants, carnivorous plants of the Old World tropics.

— English word, defined in French —

• nepenthes n. Pluriel de nepenthe.

— In French —

• népenthes n. Pluriel de népenthe.
• népenthès n.m. Nom, dans l’Odyssée, d’une drogue qui, mêlée au vin, chassait…
• népenthès n.m. (Botanique) Variante de népenthe.

38 English words from 4 English definitions

anxiety Archaic Asian bringing carnivorous carnivorous␣plant carnivorous␣plants century cup drug family from genus grief Homer mentioned monkey monkey␣cup nepenthe Nepenthes Odyssey Old Old␣World pitcher pitcher␣plant pitcher␣plants plant plants plural relief Southeast Southeast␣Asian taxonomic the tropical tropics within World

5 English words from 4 foreign definitions

dans drogue mêlée nepenthe Nom

9 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Botanique chassait népenthe Odyssée Pluriel qui une Variante vin

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

nepenthesin nepenthesins

22 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ent ENT -ent ent- Epe hes Hes he's nep Nep NEP nepenth nepenthe nth pen Pen PEN pent Pent pent- the the-

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Epe nep Nep NEP pen Pen PEN SEH

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

heptenones

5 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

heptenes nepenthe nepenths penneths pentenes

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

nepenthe nepenths

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