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NARCISSUS PSEUDONARCISSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Narcissus pseudonarcissus mean? 

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

1. any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crownplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NARCISSUS PSEUDONARCISSUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

daffodil; Narcissus pseudonarcissus

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

narcissus (bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters)

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

jonquil (often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil)

Narcissus papyraceus; paper white (a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter)


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