Daffodil

/ˈdæfəˌdɪl/ · noun

Meaning

(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
2. A brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil.
3. Of a brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil.

Example Sentences

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.

I wandered lonely as a Cloud / That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills, / When all at once I saw a crowd / A host of dancing Daffodills; / Along the Lake, beneath the trees, / Ten thousand dancing in the breeze.

Was there ever a more beautiful name in the world than daffodil? Say it over to yourself, and then say “agapanthus” or “chrysanthemum,” or anything else you please, and tell me if the daffodils do not have it.

As us fairy folks sweep from the hill Never caught us and never will Pulling roses and daffodils Mayhem in the high degree.

Where ships of purple gently toss / On seas of daffodil, / Fantastic sailors mingle, / And then—the wharf is still.

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Word Forms

• daffodils
• affodill
• daffadil
• more daffodil
• most daffodil

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