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daffodils

daffodils is the plural of daffodil.

Meaning of daffodil

Noun

daffodil (countable and uncountable, plural daffodils)

  1. (countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
    • When daffadils begin to peere, / With heigh the Doxy ouer the dale, / Why then comes in the ſweet o’ the yeere, / For the red blood raigns in yͤ winters pale.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. A brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil.
    • Where ships of purple gently toss / On seas of daffodil, / Fantastic sailors mingle, / And then—the wharf is still.a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “Where Ships of purple gently toss”, in Mabel Loomis Todd and T[homas] W[entworth] Higginson, editors, Poems, Second Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers...

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Questions about daffodils

What is daffodils the plural of?
Daffodils is the plural of daffodil.

Words near daffodils in the dictionary

  1. daffodil telephones
  2. daffodiled
  3. daffodilled
  4. daffodillies
  5. daffodilly
  6. daffodils
  7. daffodowndillies
  8. daffodowndilly
  9. Daffron
  10. Daffrons
  11. daffs

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