daffodil

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She had stayed her hand because the one who owned the daffodil was a child to her.

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  1. noun Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus, especially N. pseudonarcissus, having showy, usually yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central corona.
  2. noun The flower of this plant.
  3. noun A brilliant to vivid yellow.

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  • (ARA) - After years of telling yourself you can live with the outdated hardware, the ugly orange laminate countertops and the daffodil-yellow wall paint, you've finally admitted to yourself that your love affair with your kitchen decor is over.
  • COSHOCTON - The daffodil is the first flower of spring and a symbol of hope. —  coshoctontribune.com - Local News
  • Golden goddesses Christina Applegate and Marisa Tomei have recently heated up the red carpet in delicate daffodil, while stars like Angelina Jolie and Nicolette Sheridan struck a pose in rich, ocean-inspired tones.
  • Someday a book of poems may open in your hands like a daffodil offering its cup to the sun. —  The Virtual World
  • The daffodil is the American Cancer Society's symbol of hope in the fight against cancer. —  The Albert Lea Tribune
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  1. Alteration of Middle English affodil, from Latin asphodelus, asphodel; see asphodel.

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  1. There are many fanciful variations of this name: daffodilly, daffadilly, daffodowndilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, daffy, formerly also affodilly, etc., the last-mentioned pointing to the earlier form affodil, affodill, from Middle English affodylle, affadyll (the prosthetic d, like the other variations, being prob. due to caprice), from Middle Latin affodillus (later Old French affrodille, aphrodille), from Latin asphodilus (later Old French asphodile), properly asphodelus, from Greek ἀσφοδελός, later English asphodel: see asphodel. The name has been transferred in English to the narcissus.
 

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/ˈdæfədɪl/
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