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daffodil

 
Dictionary: daf·fo·dil   (dăf'ə-dĭl) pronunciation
 
n.
    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.
  1. A brilliant to vivid yellow.

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


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Bulb-forming flowering plant (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), also called common daffodil or trumpet narcissus, native to northern Europe and widely cultivated there and in North America. It grows to about 16 in. (41 cm) and has five or six leaves about 12 in. (30 cm) long that grow from the bulb. The stem bears one large yellow trumpet-shaped blossom. The daffodil's popularity has resulted in the production of many varieties differing from the yellow parent form mainly in colour.

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WordNet: daffodil
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
  Synonym: Narcissus pseudonarcissus


 
Wikipedia: Daffodil (disambiguation)
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Daffodil is the common name of the Narcissus (genus) of flowering plant

Daffodil may also refer to:


 
Translations: Daffodil
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - påskelilje, gul farve

Nederlands (Dutch)
(gele) narcis

Français (French)
n. - jonquille

Deutsch (German)
n. - Narzisse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) ασφόδελος

Italiano (Italian)
giunchiglia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - narciso (m) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
желтый нарцисс

Español (Spanish)
n. - narciso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - påsklilja

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
水仙花

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 水仙花

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수선화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ラッパズイセン, 淡黄色

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) النرجس البري كبير الزهر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נרקיס‬


 
 

 

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