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Hesperides.

A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.

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noun/hɛˈspɛɹɪdiːz/
  1. A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.

    Greek · plural · plural-only
  2. The garden of the Hesperides.

    Greek · plural · plural-only
  3. A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.

    figuratively · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).

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