Daphne meaning

dăf'nē
Any of several Eurasian shrubs of the genus Daphne, often cultivated for their glossy evergreen foliage and clusters of small, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers.
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A nymph who metamorphosed into a laurel tree as a means of escaping from Apollo.
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A feminine name.
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A nymph who is changed by her father into a laurel tree so that she may escape Apollo's advances.
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Any of a genus (Daphne) of small evergreen shrubs of the mezereum family, with fragrant flowers.
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(botany) Any one of least 50 species of shrub of the Thymelaeaceae family, some of which are grown as ornamentals.
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(Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
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A female given name.
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Origin of daphne

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (daphnē, “laurel”, “bay”).

Sentence Examples

  • It is in this way that the relics of St Babylas were placed in the sanctuary built by Gallus at Daphne (Socrates, Hist.

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  • 29 cities of former days, there is a succession of small towns along the course of the river - Ramadiya, Feluja, Mussaib, Hillah, Diwanieh, Samawa, el-Khudr (an ancient daphne or sacred grove, 3 I° 11' 58" N., 76° 6' 9" E., the only one anywhere which preserves to this day its ancient charter of the inviolability of all life within its precincts), Nasrieh and Suk-esh-Sheiukh----by means of which the Turkish government controls the river and levies taxes on a small part of the adjacent territory.

  • In order to secure his position, he contrived the murder of Onias, who had taken sanctuary at Daphne.

  • Spring is supposed to begin in February when, according to the old calendar, the new year sets in, but th only flowers then in bloom are the camellia japonsca and some kinds of daphne.

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