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daf⋅fo⋅dil

  [daf-uh-dil]
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–noun
1. a bulbous plant, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, of the amaryllis family, having solitary, yellow, nodding flowers that bloom in the spring.
2. (formerly) any plant of the genus Narcissus.
3. clear yellow; canary.
–adjective
4. of the color daffodil.
Origin:
1530–40; unexplained var. of ME affodile < VL affodillus, var. of asphodelus < Gk asphódelos asphodel
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daf·fo·dil   (dāf'ə-dĭl)   
n.  

    1. Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus, especially N. pseudonarcissus, having showy, usually yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central corona.

    2. The flower of this plant.

  2. A brilliant to vivid yellow.


[Alteration of Middle English affodil, from Latin asphodelus, asphodel; see asphodel.]
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Word Origin & History

daffodil 
1548, variant of M.E. affodill "asphodel," from M.L. affodillus, from L. asphodelus, from Gk. asphodelos, of unknown origin. The initial d- is perhaps from merging of the article in Du. de affodil, the Netherlands being a source for bulbs. First reference to the flower we know by this name (Narcissus pseudo-Narcissus) is from 1592.
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