Narcissus
noun
- Gr. Myth. a beautiful youth who, after Echo's death, is made to pine away for love of his own reflection in a spring and changes into the narcissus
- pl. narcissus, narcissuses, narcissi any of a genus (Narcissus) of bulbous plants of the lily family with smooth, linear leaves and six-parted flowers with a cup or tube projecting from the center, including daffodils and jonquils
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(när-sĭsˈəs)
noun pl. nar·cis·sus·es or
nar·cis·si (-sĭsˈīˌ, -sĭsˈē) Any of several widely cultivated bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus, having long narrow leaves and usually white or yellow flowers characterized by a cup-shaped or trumpet-shaped central crown.
(när-sĭsˈəs)
noun Greek Mythology A young man who pined away in love for his own image in a pool of water and was transformed into the flower that bears his name.
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