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单词 fountain of youth
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Fountain of Youth


noun

a fabled spring whose waters were supposed to restore health and youth, sought in the Bahamas and Florida by Ponce de León, Narváez, De Soto, and others.

Words nearby Fountain of Youth

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Cultural definitions for Fountain of Youth

Fountain of Youth

A fountain mentioned in folk tales as capable of making people young again.

notes for Fountain of Youth

The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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