1. 1. Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus, especially N. pseudonarcissus, having showy, usually yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central corona.
   2. The flower of this plant.
2. A brilliant to vivid yellow.

[Alteration of Middle English affodil, from Latin asphodelus, asphodel. See asphodel.]

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