Daffadil

Quick meaning: Daffadil is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of daffodil.

Meaning

Obsolete spelling of daffodil.

Example Sentences

When couſlips, and daiſies, and daffadils ſpread, / And adorn, and perfume the green flow’ry mead;

When daffadils begin to peere, / With heigh the Doxy ouer the dale, / Why then comes in the ſweet o’ the yeere, / For the red blood raigns in yͤ winters pale.

Out of all theſe deſcriptiones I gather that our comen daffadil / is one kynde of Narciſſus / where of Pliny maketh mention / when as he ſpeaketh of it with the herbiſhe color. The faſſhon of the lefe / flour and ſtalk of our daffadil agreeth well with the deſcription both of Dioſcorides / & Theophraſt / only the color of the floure is contrary or beſyde the deſcription of Dioſcorides.

Word Forms

• daffadils

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include daffodil, narcissus, daffadowndilly, buttercup, jonquil, jonquille.

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