Narcissus

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  • noun. A daffodil, especially one with small flowers having a short, cup-shaped corona.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant of the genus Narcissus. See cut under cyathiform.
  • noun. A genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order Amaryllidaceæ and the tribe Amarylleæ, known by its undivided cup-shaped corona.
  • noun. In heraldry, a flower composed of six petals, or a sort of hexafoil or architectural ornament of six lobes, used as a bearing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
  • noun. A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
  • noun. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
  • noun. bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
    • Word Usage
    ""Do you mean that the narcissus is a relation of yours?" asked the tulip, still looking skyward."
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