Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several Eurasian shrubs of the genus Daphne, often cultivated for their glossy evergreen foliage and clusters of small, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun in botany, a genus of small erect or trailing shrubs of the natural order Thymeleaceœ, including about 40 species of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia.
- noun A plant of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
- noun (Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Any one of least 50 species of shrub of the
Thymelaeaceae family, some of which are grown as ornamentals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
- noun (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Oh, come here!" said Ellen, pulling him toward the flowerstand, – "and tell me what this daphne is like – you need not see that, only smell it, that's enough; – do John, and tell me what it is like!"
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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“… You can easily find a good characterizing of daphne from the scoopy doo movies that sarah meshal geller played. .now that’s how the character should be …”
Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins Promises Origin of Scooby Gang » DVDs Worth Watching 2009
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I mean wtf. .daphne is supposed to be hot. .this one looks okay but she’s either fat or pregnant in her 4rth month which looks nothing like the athletic daphne we know.
Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins Promises Origin of Scooby Gang » DVDs Worth Watching 2009
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You can easily find a good characterizing of daphne from the scoopy doo movies that sarah meshal geller played. .now that’s how the character should be.
Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins Promises Origin of Scooby Gang » DVDs Worth Watching 2009
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WHAT: Variegated winter daphne, also known as daphne odora aureomarginata, is a fragrant evergreen shrub that releases a sweet scent into the air in March and April.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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I did catch the end of the daphne season and woke each morning to the glorious scent.
waving not drowning Another Outspoken Female 2009
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To Jules -- our most fragrant daphne shrubs are blooming as we speak -- a winter bloomer with the most gorgeous perfume ever -- it lifts my heart in winter while waiting for the Spring lift -- and I hope it will lift your heart when u may be grieving.
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From somewhere to my left the smell of daphne was lifted on the breeze.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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We need to enforce the territorial integrity of the law and require everyone who wants to come here to go through the legally correct process. daphne
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From somewhere to my left the smell of daphne was lifted on the breeze.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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