daphne

/ˈdæfni/

Other forms: daphnes

Definitions of daphne

1. noun

   any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
   types:

   Daphne cneorum, garland flower

   widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers

   Daphne laureola, spurge laurel, wood laurel

   bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers

   Daphne mezereum, February daphne, mezereon

   small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems