nepenthes

noun

• 1 (also nepenthe) /-THē/ literary a drug described in Homer’s Odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person’s mind.
• any drug or potion bringing welcome forgetfulness.

  [via Latin from Greek nēpenthēs 'dispelling pain', from nē- 'not' + penthos 'grief']

• 2a plant of a genus that comprises the Old World pitcher plants.

  [modern Latin]

  • Genus Nepenthes and family Nepenthaceae