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narcissi

alt. (plural of narcissus English) n. (plural of narcissus English)

WordNet
narcissus
  1. n. bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters

  2. (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection

  3. [also: narcissi (pl)]

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Usage examples of "narcissi".

Against a setting of white narcissi, white trellis-work bowers, and lighted tapers in silver sconces festooned with bunches of faux black Muscadine grapes bedecked with spiralling silver ribbon, Mrs.

There was a small bunch of white narcissi, already wilted, the stems wrapped in aluminum foil.

White narcissi bloomed in the light of the oil lamp and filled the room with their scent and on the table beside them was a large photograph of an elderly man in Army uniform.

And so Lily had, according to custom, arranged welcoming vases of narcissi, and then iris, and later, roses, to set upon their bureau tops on the days of their arrivals.

And darkness thick, the three gray women sat, Loose-robed and chapleted with wool and flowers, Purple narcissi round their horrid hair.

She moved through the sunlit garden, gathering narcissi, crimson-eyed and white.

She walked through the sitting room with all its pots of blooming tulips and narcissi, back to the darkened bedroom at the front.

I took them from him, hugged him, and lowered my face to smell the white lilac, tulips, narcissi, and daffodils wrapped in cellophane paper and tied with a big yellow bow.

There were sheets of butter-yellow daffodils and white narcissi in the rough grass under the beech trees.