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NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Narcissus papyraceus mean? 

NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS (noun)
  The noun NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS has 1 sense:

1. a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winterplay

  Familiarity information: NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Narcissus papyraceus; paper white

Hypernyms ("Narcissus papyraceus" is a kind of...):

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


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