Narcissus

Definition of Narcissus

Nar`cis´sus   Pronunciation: när`sĭs´sŭs
n.1.
1.(Bot.) 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.
2.(Classical Myth.) 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.

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