Narcissus jonquilla
- noun
- /nɑrˈsɪsəs dʒɒnˈkwɪlɑ/
- Specialized
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narciso jonquil
- Botanists admire Narcissus jonquilla for its delicate, clustered yellow blooms.
Examples
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She planted several Narcissus jonquilla bulbs along the walkway for their lovely fragrance.
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The garden was filled with the sweet scent of Narcissus jonquilla in early spring.
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The Narcissus jonquilla blooms beautifully in spring.
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I planted Narcissus jonquillas in my garden last fall.
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Botanists admire Narcissus jonquilla for its delicate, clustered yellow blooms.
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She planted several Narcissus jonquilla bulbs along the walkway for their lovely fragrance.
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The garden was filled with the sweet scent of Narcissus jonquilla in early spring.
Synonyms
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1.8
A spring flower that grows from a bulb with yellow or white petals and a trumpet-shaped center
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9.9
A small plant like a daffodil with thin leaves and sweet-smelling yellow or white flowers
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7.2
A plant that grows from a bulb and has showy yellow or white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Narcissus + jonquilla
This is a taxonomic binomial (genus + specific epithet), so a learner who knows 'Narcissus' can transparently infer it denotes a kind/kind of daffodil. However, the specific epithet 'jonquilla' has no clear common-English meaning for a B1 learner, so the full descriptive sense (fragrant yellow/clustered flowers) is not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Narcissus jonquilla is a plant name made of two parts: Narcissus, from the old story of a young man who loved his own face and so gave his name to daffodils, and jonquilla, a Spanish word that points to small, thin plants and is used for sweet-smelling daffodils called 'jonquils'. So the name helps you remember a sweet-smelling daffodil with small, clustered flowers.