- Main Entry:
- daph·ne

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈdaf-nē\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- New Latin, genus name, from Latin, laurel, from Greek daphnē
- Date:
- circa 1841
: any of a genus (Daphne) of Eurasian shrubs of the mezereon family with apetalous flowers whose colored calyx resembles a corolla