noun. Any of several Eurasian shrubs of the genus Daphne, often cultivated for their glossy evergreen foliage and clusters of small, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers.

noun. in botany, a genus of small erect or trailing shrubs of the natural order Thymeleaceœ, including about 40 species of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia.

noun. A plant of this genus.

noun. A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

noun. A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.

noun. Any one of least 50 species of shrub of the Thymelaeaceae family, some of which are grown as ornamentals.

noun. any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

noun. (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo

""Oh, come here!" said Ellen, pulling him toward the flowerstand, – "and tell me what this daphne is like – you need not see that, only smell it, that's enough; – do John, and tell me what it is like!""

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