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Word entry · 7 letters

jonquil

Best crossword clue

"Fragrant yellow flower"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɑŋkwəl/Part of speech nounSorted ijlnoquStarts with JEnds with L1 clues
1J2O3N4Q5U6I7L

Definitions

  1. widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers

Word origin

Borrowed from French jonquille, itself a borrowing from Spanish junquillo. Possible doublet of junket.

Used in a sentence

  • She had a jonquil silk pelisse, a bonnet of the same colour, with a bird of paradise plume, looking very much like an illuminated butterfly.
  • At sunset dusky ghosts of sampans, laden with families living up the river, glide homeward against a jonquil sky.

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