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NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Narcissus papyraceus mean?
• NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS (noun)
The noun NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS has 1 sense:
1. a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter
Familiarity information: NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Narcissus papyraceus; paper white
Hypernyms ("Narcissus papyraceus" 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)
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