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What (who) is Narcissus - definition
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Narcissus (Roman history); Narcissus (disambiguation); Narsosis; Narcisus; Narsisis; Narcissus (painting); Narcissus (song); Draft:Narcissus (2015 film); Narcissus (film)
Narcissus
·noun A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.
II. Narcissus ·noun A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
narcissus
[n?:'s?s?s]
¦ noun (plural narcissi -s?? or narcissuses) a daffodil with a flower that has white or pale outer petals and a shallow orange or yellow centre. [Narcissus poeticus and related species.]
Origin
via L. from Gk narkissos, perh. from narke 'numbness', with ref. to its narcotic effects.
narcissus
(narcissi, or narcissus)
Narcissi are plants which have yellow or white flowers with cone-shaped centres that appear in the spring.
N-COUNT: usu pl
Examples of use of Narcissus
1. Daffodil (Narcissus sp.) Bulb plant with showy yellow or white blooms; hardiness varies.
2. The truth would redden the cheeks of Narcissus÷ the prime minister uses blusher.
3. Instead of being the narcissus carried above the murky water, Livni dived into the bog.
4. Narcissus schoolboy who killed his parents is cleared of murder 4.
5. The shattered reflection, a sort of crashed narcissus, is like a bomb in the gallery.