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danu |
danube |
danube river |
danzig |
daoism |
daphne
| daphne cneorum
| daphne du maurier
| daphne family
| daphne laureola
| daphne mezereum
daphne
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun daphne has 2 senses
- daphne(n = noun.plant) - any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers; is a member of genus daphne
- daphne(n = noun.person) - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo; is a kind of nymph
has particulars: daphne cneorum, garland flower, daphne laureola, spurge laurel, wood laurel, daphne mezereum, february daphne, mezereon
is a kind of bush, shrub
OXFORD DICTIONARY
daphne, n. any flowering shrub of the genus Daphne, e.g. the spurge laurel or mezereon.
Etymology
ME, = laurel, f. Gk daphne
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