Definition of Narcissus jonquilla

1. Noun. Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers.

Exact synonyms: Jonquil
Generic synonyms: Narcissus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Narcissus Jonquilla

Napoleons
Napoli
Naprosyn
Napster
Naqua
Nar Phu
Nara
Nara period
Narail District
Naraka
Narayan
Narayana
Narayanganj District
Narcan
Narcissus
Narcissus jonquilla
Narcissus papyraceus
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Nardil
Nares Deep
Nares Strait
Narew
Narita
Narmada
Narnia
Narnian
Narnians
Narragansett
Narragansett Bay
Narragansetts

Literary usage of Narcissus jonquilla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy book of the flower-garden by David Thomson (1868)
"narcissus jonquilla, single, 12 inches, yellow. Narcissus Tazetta (Polyanthus narcissus), various — April and May. Those kinds known by the designation of ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1864)
"The Jonquil (narcissus jonquilla) is a native of Spain—there are both single and double flowered varieties, both are exquisitely fragrant and bloom freely; ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The Jonquil-narcissus jonquilla ( X Î4). '» • 1 .HN.. the Ivs. few, very »lender and semi-cylindrical and not overtopping the blossoms: fle. ..."

4. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"Narcissus radiatus. 459. This is rather said by guess than with any certainty ; it seems in tended for the plant we suppose i to be. narcissus jonquilla. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Jonquil oil, from the flowers of narcissus jonquilla, L., a variety of narcissus indigenous to Southern France. Robiquet has extracted the oil with ether. ..."

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