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narcissuses

narcissuses is the plural of narcissus.

Meaning of narcissus

Noun

narcissus (plural narcissuses or narcissi)

  1. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
    • The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 6
  2. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus

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Forms of narcissuses

alternative formnarcissi

Questions about narcissuses

What is narcissuses the plural of?
Narcissuses is the plural of narcissus.

Words near narcissuses in the dictionary

  1. narcissizes
  2. narcissizing
  3. narcissus
  4. narcissus-flowered anemone
  5. narcissus-flowered anemones
  6. narcissuses
  7. narcist
  8. narcistic
  9. narcists
  10. narco
  11. narco torpedo

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