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Definition of Narcissus jonquilla
1. Noun. Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Narcissus Jonquilla
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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