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Jonquil

noun

Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers. Synonym: Narcissus jonquilla.

Often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil.

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"Jonquil" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Obermann a similar transient lifting of the veil is recorded. In Paris streets, on a March day, he comes across a flower in bloom, a jonquil: ...

— The Varieties of Religious Experience • William James

... another huge mirror, so that when the poor Princess is in bed, in her prim old curl-papers, she sees a vista of elderly princesses twinkling away into the dark perspective; and is so frightened that she and Betsy, her Lancashire maid, pin up the jonquil silk curtains over the bed-mirror after the first night; though the Princess never can get it out of her head that her image is still there, behind the jonquil hangings, turning as she turns, waking as she wakes, etc. The chamber is so vast and lonely that she has a bed ...

— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray

... east a silvery bar Shines through the mist, and shows the mild daystar. The storm-wrapped peaks start out and fade again, And rosy vapours skirt the pastoral plain; The garden paths with hoary rime are wet; And sweetly breathes the winter violet; The jonquil half unfolds her ivory cup, With clouds of ...

— An Anthology of Australian Verse • Bertram Stevens

Words linked to "Jonquil" : Narcissus pseudonarcissus, narcissus, daffodil