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PAPER WHITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paper white mean?
• PAPER WHITE (noun)
The noun PAPER WHITE has 1 sense:
1. a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter
Familiarity information: PAPER WHITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("paper white" 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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