Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus, especially one of the many cultivated varieties of N. pseudonarcissus, having showy, usually yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central corona.
- noun The flower of any of these plants.
- noun A brilliant to vivid yellow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The popular name of the Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus, natural order Amaryllidaceæ, of which there are many varieties in cultivation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plant of the genus Asphodelus.
- noun A plant of the genus Narcissus (
Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus ). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called alsodaffodilly ,daffadilly ,daffadowndilly ,daffydowndilly , etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil.
- noun A
bulbous plant, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, withyellow flowers and atrumpet shapedcorona ; thenational flower ofWales . - noun A brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When the casita's great wooden doors opened, I faced the beloved church, Santa Maria Magdalena, bright in daffodil yellow.
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When the casita's great wooden doors opened, I faced the beloved church, Santa Maria Magdalena, bright in daffodil yellow.
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Their impatience at the time a bulb takes to produce a daffodil is only equalled by their distress when the golden trumpet begins to shrivel at the edges.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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In public she carried off the situation splendidly, saying to all the gossips the substance of what Anne had said in daffodil time, and saying it so pointedly and forcibly that her hearers found themselves feeling rather foolish and began to think that, after all, they were making too much of a childish prank.
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919
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"Principally why you called your daffodil 'The Good Comrade?'"
The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913
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And have you noticed that the more you say the word daffodil the sillier it sounds?
Risky Regencies Janet Mullany 2009
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One of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, the daffodil is a symbol of hope.
Archive 2007-04-01 GreenFertility 2007
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One of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, the daffodil is a symbol of hope.
Jonano's Daffodil Line GreenFertility 2007
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The narcissus, also called daffodil, may be held back until early spring if kept in a cool, dark cellar, but the Chinese sacred lily, which is also a variety of narcissus, comes into bloom from four to six weeks after planting.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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The daffodil is a clear yellow and is good for cutting.
oroboros commented on the word daffodil
Ah! A lid off a daffodil, aha! For more see my list:"Dyslexic's Delight".
December 30, 2006
anydelirium commented on the word daffodil
Botanical name "Narcissus". Sometimes playfully called "Daffa-down-dilly", and mentioned as such in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
February 17, 2008
travismcdermott commented on the word daffodil
1855 TENNYSON Maud I. XXII. ii, On a bed of daffodil sky.
March 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word daffodil
For oft, when on my couch I lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my hear with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
- William Wordsworth, 'Daffodils'.
November 12, 2008