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.
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.