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daffodil

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daffodil: see amaryllis amaryllis (ăm'ərĭl`ĭs)
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daffodil

Bulb-forming flowering plant (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), also called common daffodil or trumpet narcissus, native to northern Europe and widely cultivated there and in North America. It grows to about 16 in. (41 cm) and has five or six leaves about 12 in. (30 cm) long that grow from the bulb. The stem bears one large yellow trumpet-shaped blossom. The daffodil's popularity has resulted in the production of many varieties differing from the yellow parent form mainly in colour.

daffodil
beautiful, but narcotic. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 168]
See : Appearances, Deceiving
daffodil
symbol of unrequited love. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 405]
See : Love, Unrequited
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Miss Waterford, torn between the aestheticism of her early youth, when she used to go to parties in sage green, holding a daffodil, and the flippancy of her maturer years, which tended to high heels and Paris frocks, wore a new hat.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
"My roses are yellow," it answered; "as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne, and yellower than the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before the mower comes with his scythe.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar View in context
The perfume from the great clusters of yellow daffodils and violets floated up from the flower sellers' baskets below; the fresh, warm air seemed to bring him poignant memories of crocus-starred lawns, of trim beds of hyacinths, of the song of birds, of the perfume of drooping lilac.
The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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