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narciss

narciss noun: narcissus.

Noun

narciss (plural narcisses)

  1. (obsolete) Narcissus.
    • Come hyther O thou sweete face boy: see see, to thy selfe heere / How fayre Nymphes in baskets full doo bring manie Lillies: / White violets sweete Nais plucks and bloomes fro the Poppies, / Narcyss, and dyll flowres most sweete that sauoureth also.1586, William Webbe, “A Discourse of English Poetrie”, in Joseph Haslewood, editor, Ancient Critical Essays upon English Poets and Poësy, volume II, London: […] T. Bensley, […], published 1815, page...
    • Nor are all taken at the ſame time, as he ſeems to intimate; for Narciſſes and Crocuſſes are commonly taken up firſt, generally when the flower is gone, the leaf withered, and the Bulb full, it is the beſt ſeaſon to take them up; […]1660 [i.e., 1659], Robert Sharrock, The History of the Propagation & Improvement of Vegetables by the Concurrence of Art and Nature: […], Oxford: […] A. Lichfield, […], page 80

Examples of narciss in a sentence

  • In other sections of the narciss family yellow is the predominant colour. […] This term is never applied to a narciss.1880 May 22, Shirley Hibberd, “Daffodil and Affodil”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General...
  • Many hundreds of the choicest varieties of tulips, narcisses and crocuses, with squills and other bulbs, sent up their delicate flowers during the early spring.1910, Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture of the Province of Prince Edward Island, page 34:

Forms of narciss

pluralnarcisses

Origin of narciss

From Middle French narcisse and its etymon Latin narcissus.

Questions about narciss

What does narciss mean?
Narciss means narcissus.
How do you use narciss in a sentence?
In other sections of the narciss family yellow is the predominant colour. […] This term is never applied to a narciss.
What part of speech is narciss?
Narciss is a noun.
What is the plural of narciss?
The plural of narciss is narcisses.

Words near narciss in the dictionary

  1. narciclasine
  2. narcing
  3. narcinid
  4. narcinids
  5. narcism
  6. narciss
  7. Narcissan
  8. narcissi
  9. Narcissian
  10. narcissine
  11. narcissism

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