narcissus

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A daffodil, especially one with small flowers having a short, cup-shaped corona.

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A plant of the genus Narcissus. See cut under cyathiform.

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A genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order Amaryllidaceæ and the tribe Amarylleæ, known by its undivided cup-shaped corona.

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In heraldry, a flower composed of six petals, or a sort of hexafoil or architectural ornament of six lobes, used as a bearing.

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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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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.

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Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup– or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil

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A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus

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(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection

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bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters