daffodil
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daffodil
1. a widely cultivated Eurasian amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, having spring-blooming yellow flowers
2. any other plant of the genus Narcissus
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daffodil
beautiful, but narcotic. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 168]
daffodil
symbol of unrequited love. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 405]
See: Love, Unrequited
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