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JONQUIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers
Synonyms:
jonquil; Narcissus jonquilla
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jonquil" is a kind of...):
narcissus (bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("jonquil" is a kind of...):
daffodil; Narcissus pseudonarcissus (any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown)
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