noun
daffodil
DAF-uh-dil/ˈdæfədɪl/
A spring flower with yellow or white trumpet-shaped blooms.
A yellow daffodil blooms beside the front steps each spring.
Etymology
Greek asphodelos, whose deeper origin is unknown, named the asphodel. The name was later applied to a different flower: the yellow spring narcissus now called the daffodil.
In context
a variety called gigantic star and by the name it's going to be a pretty big daffodil and it's just as yellow as can be
More examples
- We plant daffodil bulbs in the fall.
- She arranges white daffodils in a glass vase.
- Each daffodil has a trumpet-shaped center surrounded by petals.
Forms
daffodil · daffodils