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νάρκισσος — meaning in English

Narkissos

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English meaning

  • daffodil noun A bulb plant with a trumpet-shaped yellow flower, blooming in early spring.
  • narcissus noun A flowering bulb plant with white or yellow trumpet-shaped blooms, including the daffodil.

Senses

νάρκισσος is used for these senses in English:

  • Narcissus (Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.
  • daffodil (countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.

daffodil — full definition

  1. noun A bulb plant with a trumpet-shaped yellow flower, blooming in early spring.
  2. noun A bright yellow colour, like that of the flower.

narcissus — full definition

  1. noun A flowering bulb plant with white or yellow trumpet-shaped blooms, including the daffodil.
  2. name A youth in Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection.