Definition of daffodil
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Thousands of daffodils cover a slope in their own version of Daffodil Hill.
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The trees are in full bloom for only a week — the entire neighborhood crowned in pinks, reds, purples, yellows, whites — with tulips and daffodils erupting in every yard.
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His family carted in pots of daffodils to scatter around his room, along with some of his favorite books and CDs.
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In January 2001, Swiss and German scientists unveiled this health-boosting rice after implanting two genes from a daffodil and one from a bacterium in a common japonica rice called Taipei 309.
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Origin and Etymology of daffodil
perhaps from Dutch de affodil the asphodel
First Known Use: 1548
DAFFODIL Defined for English Language Learners
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: a yellow flower that blooms in the spring and that has a center that is shaped like a long tube
DAFFODIL Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of daffodil for Students
: a plant that grows from a bulb and has long slender leaves and usually yellow or white flowers with petals whose inner parts are arranged to form a trumpet-shaped tube
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See words that rhyme with daffodil Spanish Central: Translation of daffodil Nglish: Translation of daffodil for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of daffodil for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about daffodil
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