daphne

See also: Daphne, Daphné, Daphnë, and daphné

English

twin-flower daphne (Daphne pontica)

Etymology

From translingual Daphne, from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

daphne (plural daphnes)

1. Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.

Derived terms

• Chinese daphne (Daphne genkwa)
• February daphne (Daphne mezereum)
• flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
• lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa)
• rose daphne (Daphne cneorum)
• twin-flower daphne (Daphne pontica)
• winter daphne (Daphne odora)

Translations

shrub in the genus Daphne

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
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• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: бясно дърво n (bjasno dǎrvo), вълче лико n (vǎlče liko)
• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: lýkovec m
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• Finnish: näsiä (fi)
• French: garou (fr) m
• Georgian: მაჯაღვერი (maǯaɣveri)
• German: Seidelbast (de) m
• Hungarian: boroszlán (hu)
• Indonesian: dafnah (id)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: citocacia f
• Māori: pinātoro, toroheke, autetauranga
• Polish: wawrzynek m
• Portuguese: dafne (pt) f
• Romanian: iederă albă (ro) f
• Russian: во́лчий пе́рец m (vólčij pérec), во́лчье лы́ко (ru) n (vólčʹje lýko), во́лчий я́годник (vólčij jágodnik), волчея́годник (ru) m (volčejágodnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ли̏ковац m

  Latin: lȉkovac (sh) m

• Slovak: lykovec m
• Slovene: volčína f, volčín m
• Swedish: tibast (sv) c
• Vietnamese: thụy hương

References

• Daphne (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Daphne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “*daphne”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.