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NARCISSUS
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Irregular inflected form: narcissi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("narcissus" is a kind of...):
bulbous plant (plant growing from a bulb)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "narcissus"):
daffodil; Narcissus pseudonarcissus (any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown)
jonquil; Narcissus jonquilla (widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers)
Holonyms ("narcissus" is a member of...):
genus Narcissus (Old World perennial bulbous herbs)
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