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Definition of Narcissus

1. Noun. Bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters.

2. Noun. (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection.

Definition of Narcissus

1. n. 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.

Definition of Narcissus

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus ''Narcissus'', having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil ¹

3. Noun. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Narcissus

1. a bulbous flowering plant [n -ISSUSES or -ISSI]

Medical Definition of Narcissus

1. Origin: L. Narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Gr. Narkissos, Narkissos, fr. Narkh torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf. Narcotic. 1. 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. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Narcissus

narceins narcing narcism narcisms narcissi narcissine narcissisms narcissist narcissistic narcissistic personality

narcissistic personality disorder narcissistical narcissistically narcissists narcissus narcissuses narcist narcistic narcists narco

narco- narco-state narcoanalyses narcoanalysis narcoanalyst narcoanalysts narcoanalytical narcocorrido narcocorridos

Literary usage of Narcissus

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

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"CBP Single yellow Jonquil, with a large oblong Cup. 34. Narcissus ... Narcissus Orientalis poly ая- tíos albus odoratus, ..."

2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"Narcissus. Thought he wuz mighty conspic'ous; Went tearin' aroun' With a gun an' a houn' A ... Echoer wuz sweet on Narcissus, Made herself mighty offic'us; ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Cyclamineus (BM G950) is a subspecies of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, with n drooping ... One of the popular hybrids. large - fld. form of N Pseudo - Narcissus with ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"Narcissus, the common as well as the botanical name of a genus of ... In popular nomenclature the genus is divided into narcissus, jonquil, and daffodil. ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Narcissus. The garden forma of Narcissus are not usually gold under the names of the ... Narcissus, continued. — poeticus. — Pseudo-Narcissus. — Tazetta. ..."

6. The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by William Curtis (1792)
"Narcissus pallidus circulo lúteo. Baub. Pin. p. 50. Narcissus medio ... Narcissus medio luteus vulgaris. The common white Daffodil!, ..."

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