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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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