NARCISSUS (narcissi)

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Irregular inflected form: narcissi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Narcissus mean? 

• NARCISSUS (noun)
  The noun NARCISSUS has 2 senses:

1. bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters

2. (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection

  Familiarity information: NARCISSUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NARCISSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("narcissus" is a kind of...):

bulbous plant (plant growing from a bulb)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "narcissus"):

daffodil; Narcissus pseudonarcissus (any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown)

jonquil; Narcissus jonquilla (widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers)

Holonyms ("narcissus" is a member of...):

genus Narcissus (Old World perennial bulbous herbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

The hydrobromide salt form of galantamine, a tertiary alkaloid obtained synthetically or naturally from the bulbs and flowers of Narcissus and several other genera of the Amaryllidaceae family with anticholinesterase and neurocognitive-enhancing activities.

(Galantamine Hydrobromide, NCI Thesaurus)