Daf·fo·dil n. Bot. (a) A plant of the genus Asphodelus. (b) A plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.
With damask roses and daffadillies set. --Spenser.
Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies,
And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. --Spenser.
A college gown
That clad her like an April daffodilly. --Tennyson
And chance-sown daffodil. --Whittier.
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Eas·ter lil·y. Bot. Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom about Easter; specif.: (a) The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also Annunciation lily. (b) The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily. (c) The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus). (d) The Atamasco lily.
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Narcissus pseudonarcissus
n : any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy
often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
[syn: daffodil]