Daffodil
['dæfədɪl]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown.
Typist: Pearl--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A plant of the genus Asphodelus.
(n.) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Narcissus, daffadilly, daffadowndilly.
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
n. a yellow flower of the lily tribe—also called King's spear.
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- Why are there no daffodils now? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr Birkin likes the girl best, under the hawthorn blossom, with a lamb, and with daffodils painted on her skirts, in the drawing room. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hermione wanted to show them the wild daffodils on a little slope. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The daffodils were pretty, but who could see them? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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