Definitions
bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos), ultimately either from Pre-Greek or related to νάρκη (nárkē).
Used in a sentence
“The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]”
“At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like 'Duc van Tol' (1595) and its sports.”
“Narcissus, as the myth has it, died because, unlike Lacan's child, he did not recognize himself; nor did he perceive the mirror for what it was: a boundary between reality and fiction.¹⁵”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Daffodil relative”9 letters
02“Daffodil cousin”9 letters
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