单词 | narcissus |
释义 | narcissus /nahr sis"euhs/, n. , pl. narcissus, narcissuses, narcissi /-sis"ee, -sis"uy/ for 1, 2. 1. any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona. 2. the flower of any of these plants. 3. (cap.) Class. Myth. a youth who fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool and wasted away from unsatisfied desire, whereupon he was transformed into the flower. [1540-50; < L < Gk nárkissos plant name, traditionally connected, by virtue of plant's narcotic effects, with nárke numbness, torpor. See NARCOTIC] |
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