hes·per·id·e·an adjective orhes·per·id·i·an\|hespə|ridēən\ Usage: usually capitalized Etymology:Hesperides mythological paradisiacal garden growing golden apples (from the Hesperides, the nymphs that guard it, from Latin, from Greek) + English -an, -ian : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the gardens of the Hesperides