JONQUIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jonquil mean? 

• JONQUIL (noun)
  The noun JONQUIL has 2 senses:

1. widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers

2. often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil

  Familiarity information: JONQUIL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JONQUIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

jonquil; Narcissus jonquilla

Hypernyms ("jonquil" is a kind of...):

narcissus (bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("jonquil" is a kind of...):

daffodil; Narcissus pseudonarcissus (any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown)

 Context examples 

With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect or that of the feudal silhouette against the sky, admired the gardens, the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor of hawthorn and plum blossoms and the pale gold odor of kiss-me-at-the-gate.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)