Associations to the word «Narcissus»

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Wiktionary

NARCISSUS, noun. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
NARCISSUS, noun. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus
NARCISSUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae   — the daffodils.
NARCISSUS, proper noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

NARCISSUS, noun. Bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters.
NARCISSUS, noun. (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection.

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