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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
daffodil
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bunch of flowers/roses/daffodils etc
▪ I picked a bunch of flowers from the garden.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A deceitful day that makes one think of lilacs and daffodils, before blasting you with another cannonade of winter.
▪ Alternate them, next row up, with trumpet daffodils or papery-fine narcissi.
▪ Carpeted with daffodils and bluebells in Spring, followed by magnificent rhododendrons and azaleas.
▪ In fact the stream ran through Florence Tremayne's garden which was a wild garden with trees and an abundance of daffodils.
▪ In spring their window was lit from above by the yellow glow of a thick row of bright daffodils.
▪ Scrapbooks crammed with yellowed reviews overflow on to sheets the color of daffodils, a salmon satin blanket cover.
▪ So Potrykus used genetic manipulation to insert genes from the daffodil that encode the biological machinery for production of beta carotene.
▪ There was a wreath of laurel, intertwined with daffodils, on the coffin.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Daffodil

Daffodil \Daf"fo*dil\ (d[a^]f"f[-o]*d[i^]l), n. [OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod[`e]le), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. 'asfo`delos. The initial d in English is not satisfactorily explained. See Asphodel.] (Bot.)

  1. A plant of the genus Asphodelus.

  2. 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
daffodil

1540s, variant of Middle English affodill "asphodel" (c.1400), from Medieval Latin affodillus, from Latin asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos, which is of unknown origin. The initial d- is perhaps from merging of the article in Dutch de affodil, the Netherlands being a source for bulbs. First reference to the flower we know by this name (Narcissus pseudo-Narcissus) is from 1590s.

Wiktionary
daffodil

n. (context rare English) (given name female from=English).

WordNet
daffodil

n. any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown [syn: Narcissus pseudonarcissus]

Wikipedia
Daffodil (disambiguation)

Daffodil is the common name for the plant genus Narcissus and any of its individual species.

Daffodil, Daffodils, The Daffodils, etc. may refer to:

Usage examples of "daffodil".

In Bradwell, Jane returned to her day school after the Easter holiday, Gerald continued to regard me with mute adoration, and spring flowers and shrubs began to bring great splashes of color to the green and brown gardens of Silverwood, first the daffodils, then the tulips, the aubrietia tumbling over dwarf walls, and the camellias with great blossoms of pink and red.

Father Warmand and Father Radulf were the only canons who were free of duties here, or in the outlying parishes, that evening, and they were the first to arrive, followed by Lukin Dulpain, Master Peter the schoolmaster, Alvin Bisemare, and many other of the townsfolk, including, of course, Edwin Warrener, who brought what could only be described as a bouquet of conies and daffodils, all arranged in one great bunch, for Mistress Mayngod, towards whom, according to Lukin, he nurtured certain intentions.

He had felt sure that the book was the reason he had been dragged out of his own world, but so far no one had asked to see it or even asked him about it, even though he had mentioned it to Lady Aemilia and Cumber Sedge, just to name two people here in Daffodil House.

They sailed under clipped green, fresh-watered trees, through flowered lanes, past daffodil, lilac, violet, rose, and peppermint-coloured houses on the dustless road.

I like: Azalea, basil, bean, corn, daffodil, fuchsia, freesia, grape, ginger, holly, hibiscus, parsley, poppy, sage, sunflower and rhododendron.

He opened his van to reveal four miniature sword-bedecked, English-style arrangements of roses, lilies, daffodils, freesia, and ivy.

Torber, the last gardener, had been sacked for allowing some large yellow daffodils to infiltrate the herbaceous borders.

The little gardens were bright with daffodils, mezereon, and flowering currant.

In the evening when she returned from the farm she came singing into the little court, where the gilly flowers and daffodils were once more swaying in the wind, and the much treasured ribes was hanging out its scented pink tassels.

Jenny, Lea, Saphire, and Daffodil in a pack behind her, followed by Ursa and Angela.

And there were daffodil shoes and stockings, a plume fan in a hat-box on her knee, and a lovely trained white underskirt with billowy frills of torchon, the very sight of which made Meg wild to be grown up.

And then she turned back and saw my mother looking at her, her face lit by the yellowy light of the daffodils.

Autumn was a time of sorting out the daffodil bulbs with their malathion stink, brushing their onionskin coatings from overly thick sweaters knit by two grandmothers who refused to speak English while they carded wool.

I accordingly took the opportunity to explain that I myself was in Monte Carlo for reasons connected with the Daffodil settlement, that I had been commissioned by Clementine to investigate the genealogy of the Palgrave family, and that by a curious coincidence my researches had led me to the South of France.

Sir Walter Palgrave and accordingly not a potential beneficiary of the Daffodil fund.