hesperides

Definition of Hesperides in English :

1. atlantides, hesperides

(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hesperides

plural noun Greek mythology

1.

the daughters of Hesperus, nymphs who kept watch with a dragon over the garden of the golden apples in the Islands of the Blessed

2. (functioning as singular)

the gardens themselves

3. another name for the Islands of the Blessed

plural nounWord forms: singular ˈHesperid (ˈhɛspərɪd ; hesˈpərid)

1.

the nymphs who guard the golden apples given as a wedding gift by Gaea to Hera

noun

2.

the garden where the apples grow

pl.n.
Greek Mythology

1. The nymphs who together with a dragon watch over a garden in which golden apples grow.

2. (used with a sing. verb) A garden, situated at the western end of the earth, in which golden apples grow.