Thesaurus: narcissus
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.
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- n. 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.
- n. 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.
- n. bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
- 1. (Bot.) 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. 2. (Classical Myth.) 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.
- A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers,having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, andcomprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
- n:100 n. bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters n. (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection