jonquil

Any of several yellow-flowered daffodils, especially Narcissus jonquilla, having long narrow leaves and fragrant flowers with a short corona.

An ornamental plant, the Narcissus Jonquilla, of the natural order Amaryllidaceœ; the rush-leafed daffodil.

A light-yellow color of the Sèvres porcelain; also, a similar color in other porcelains.

A variety of the domesticated canary-bird.

A light-yellow color much favored in the French mural decoration of the eighteenth century.

A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of corona.

A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla).

A species of daffodil.

A shade of yellow.

often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil