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Daphne definition

Daphne (daf′nē)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. Gr. Myth. a nymph who is changed by her father into a laurel tree so that she may escape Apollo's advances
  3. any of a genus (Daphne) of small evergreen shrubs of the mezereum family, with fragrant flowers

Etymology: L < Gr daphnē, the laurel or bay tree

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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