ALL meanings of hesperides
Hes·per·i·des
H h - noun hesperides Classical Mythology. (used with a plural verb) nymphs, variously given as three to seven in number, who guarded with the dragon Ladon the golden apples that were the wedding gift of Gaea to Hera. (used with a singular verb) the garden where the golden apples were grown. (used with a plural verb) Islands of the Blessed. 1
- noun hesperides (italics) (used with a plural verb) a collection of poems (1648) by Robert Herrick. 1
- noun plural hesperides the daughters of Hesperus, nymphs who kept watch with a dragon over the garden of the golden apples in the Islands of the Blessed 0
- noun plural hesperides the gardens themselves 0
- noun plural hesperides the nymphs who guard the golden apples given as a wedding gift by Gaea to Hera 0
- noun hesperides the garden where the apples grow 0