daf|fo|dil

daf|fo|dil «DAF uh dihl», noun.

1. a plant with long, slender leaves and yellow or white flowers that bloom in the spring. It is one kind of narcissus and grows from a bulb. The daffodil belongs to the amaryllis family.

2. its flower. It has a long, trumpet-shaped corona growing out from the center of the petals.

3. bright yellow, in reference to the color of the common daffodil.

╂[variant of earlier affodill < Vulgar Latin affodillus < Latin asphodelus < Greek asphódelos asphodel. See etym. of doublet asphodel. (Cf. ↑asphodel)]