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jonquil

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"Fragrant yellow flower"

7 letters · collected on this word page

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

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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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