The necklace was fashioned from a blue diamond and worn by Louis XVI. The Heart of the Ocean is modeled after the Hope Diamond. It is said that shortly after his execution in 1793 that the diamond was recut into the heart shape and became known as the Heart of the Ocean. The story is much like that of the Hope Diamond except that the Hope Diamond was worn by Louis VIV in a necklace rather than a crown. The Heart of the Ocean resurfaces in a drawing of first class Titanic Passenger Rose DeWitt Bukater played by Gloria Stewart and Kate Winslett in the film.
What is Pteronophobia? Pteronophobia is the fear of feathers or being tickled by feathers. The origin of the word ptero is Greek (meaning feather) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Pteronophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page.
Definition of EUPHORBIA. : any of a large genus (Euphorbia) of herbs, shrubs, and trees of the spurge family that have a milky juice and flowers lacking a calyx and included in an involucre which surrounds a group of several staminate flowers and a central pistillate flower with 3-lobed pistils; broadly: spurge.ADVERTISEMENT.edical Definition of EUPHORBIA. 1. : a large genus of plants of the spurge family that have a milky juice and flowers included in an involucre which surrounds a group of several staminate flowers and a central pistillate flower and that include a number which have been used medicinally.