paper white

paper white
noun
a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter
Hypernyms: ↑daffodil, ↑Narcissus pseudonarcissus

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noun
: a yellowish gray to white that resembles the white of good paper and is greener and paler than the colors sand or natural

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paper white,
a kind of narcissus that can be grown indoors, bearing clusters of small, heavily scented, pure white flowers; polyanthus.

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