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jonquil

DEFINITIONS OF: jonquil

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n widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers

Synonyms:
Narcissus jonquilla
Type of:
narcissus
bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters

n often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil

Type of:
Narcissus pseudonarcissus, daffodil
any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
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