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Definition of Daphne

1. Noun. Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.

2. Noun. (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo.

Definition of Daphne

1. n. A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

Definition of Daphne

1. a flowering shrub [n -S]

Medical Definition of Daphne

1. 1. A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms. 2. A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree. Origin: L, a laurel tree, from Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daphne

dantons Danton True Young dantrolene dantrolene sodium dants Danu Danube Danube River Danubian endemic familial nephropathy Danysz

Danysz phenomenon Danzig Daoism dap daphne (current term) Daphne daphnes daphnetin Daphne cneorum Daphne du Maurier

daphne family Daphne laureola Daphne mezereum daphnia daphnia daphnias daphnid daphnids daphnin daphnomancy

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