noun

1. 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
2. pl. narcissus -·cis′·sus, narcissuses -·cis′·suses, narcissi -·cis′si (-ī)

   Etymology: ModL < L < Gr narkissos, ? akin to narkē, stupor (see narcotic), in reference to the plant's narcotic properties

   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

Etymology: L < Gr Narkissos