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daffodil

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1. daffodil - Noun

2. daffodil - Adjective

3. Daffodil - Proper noun

Meaning

A plant of the genus Asphodelus.

A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Gay as a daffodil. Freddie Mercury

For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves, To faint in his light, and to die. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil. Tamora Pierce

What is meant by ''reality'' It would seem to be something very erratic, very undependable -- now to be found in a dusty road, now in a scrap of newspaper in the street, now a daffodil in the sun. It lights up a group in a room and stamps some casual saying. Virginia Woolf

Carry On Nurse was alluded to twice in Carry On Doctor, firstly with the sub-titles (one reading Nurse Carries On Again and Death of a Daffodil), and again in a later scene with Frankie Howerd commenting on a vase of daffodils in his ward. Source: Internet

And today, if you live or work in the downtown area, keep your eyes peeled for the 9th annual Daffodil Give-Away courtesy of Pike Place Market (between 12pm and 1:30). Source: Internet

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