Tenbyn.
/ˈtɛnbi/, U.S. /ˈtɛnbi/ Tenby daffodil n. Narcissus obvallaris a small yellow daffodil sometimes found as a wild flower in the region of Tenby.
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narcissusOE
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Spanish trumpet1664
hoop-petticoat1731
poet's narcissus?1786
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Tenby daffodil1884
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poetaz1906
1830 A. H. Haworth in Philos. Mag. 8 130 Truby [sic] 6-lobed Daffodil.]
1884 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands (ed. 3) 399 The Tenby Daffodil..scarcely differs.
1894 W. Robinson Wild Garden (ed. 4) ii. 19 The little Tenby Daffodil is very sturdy and pretty.
1966 ‘J. M. Berrisford’ Wild Garden iii. 35 The early-blooming Narcissus obvallaris, the small ‘Tenby Daffodil’.
1981 W. Condry Nat. Hist. Wales vi. 171 The Tenby daffodil..has long puzzled the world.
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