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daffodil Definition

daf·fo·dil (dafə dil′)

noun

  1. any of various plants (genus Narcissus) of the lily family with a typically yellow flower having a large, trumpetlike corona
  2. the flower

Etymology: ME affodille < ML affodillus < LL asphodelus < Gr asphodelos: initial d- < ?

daffodil Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • grow: Also important for growing daffodils is a location with good drainage.
  • plant: The gardens were established in 1760, with the daffodils planted over a 10 year period from 1947 to 1957.
  • see: I may mention I've got daffodils in flower - the first daffodils seen in Mesopotamia.
  • include: Narcissus, which includes all daffodils are among the most popular of all garden plants.
  • find: It is considered very lucky to find the first daffodil, for you will have more gold than silver that year.

Preposition: in

  • springtime: This area is famous for its wild daffodils in springtime.

Adjective modifier

  • wild: Wild daffodils grow here In the opening shown in the picture on the left is where in the spring wild daffodils grow.
  • golden: Go in Spring for " a host of golden daffodils " .
  • miniature: The miniature daffodils are out around our bird table.
  • yellow: Where bright yellow daffodils pushed through the white picket fences that lined the streets.
  • early: Some of the earlier daffodils are already in bloom.
  • first: The first dwarf daffodil, in the patch that we planted in the autumn, has suddenly sprung into flower.

Modifies a noun

  • bulb: In spite of a few cold snaps, the daffodil bulbs are pushing out their leaves in the middle of the month.
  • bloom: Or will life fade as inevitably As the daffodil blooms slipping away To make way for their summer cousins.
  • field: On Sunday 21st a small group headed to the daffodil fields at Kempley.
  • gene: This is rice that has enhanced vitamin A content, through transformation with two daffodil genes, resulting in yellow grains.

Noun used with modifier

  • dwarf: The first dwarf daffodil, in the patch that we planted in the autumn, has suddenly sprung into flower.
  • spring: Here you can to stop and sit among the trees and spring daffodils and watch the world go by.
  • plant: Then I go outside with my gardening gang to plant daffodils.
  • trumpet: Even more surprising is the absence of awards for ' Emperor ' , the doyen of yellow trumpet daffodils.
daffodil Quotes

Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; Maud And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the rose is blown. For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky.

—Tennyson

When the face of night is fair on the dewy downs, And the shining daffodil dies.

—Tennyson

Browse dictionary entries near daffodil

  1. daffiness
  2. daffiest
  3. daffier
  4. daffadowndilly
  5. daffadowndillies
  6. daffadilly
  7. daff
  8. Daemons
  9. daemonic
  10. daemon
  1. daffodilly
  2. daffy
  3. daffydowndillies
  4. daffydowndilly
  5. daft
  6. daftly
  7. daftness
  8. dag
  9. Dagenham
  10. dagga