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NARCISSUS
Narcissus
(noun) (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
narcissus
(noun) bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
narcissus (plural narcissuses or narcissi)
Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus
Etymology
Proper noun
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Nar*cis"sus, n.; pl. Narcissuses. Etym: [L. narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Gr. na`rkissos, Na`rkissos, fr. na`rkh torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf. Narcotic.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
2. (Classical Myth.)
Definition: A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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