- genus Daphne
- nounusually evergreen Eurasian shrubs• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Thymelaeaceae, ↑family Thymelaeaceae, ↑daphne family• Member Meronyms: ↑daphne
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genus Daphne
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Daphne — [daf′nē] n. [L < Gr daphnē, the laurel or bay tree] 1. a feminine name 2. Gr. Myth. a nymph who is changed by her father into a laurel tree so that she may escape Apollo s advances 3. [d ] any of a genus ( Daphne) of small evergreen shrubs of… … English World dictionary
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