jonquil
See also: Jonquil
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French jonquille, itself a borrowing from Spanish junquillo.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jonquil (plural jonquils)
- (botany) A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil. [from 1660s]
- A shade of yellow. [from late 18th c.]
- jonquil:
- March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine[1], page 258:
- At sunset dusky ghosts of sampans, laden with families living up the river, glide homeward against a jonquil sky.
TranslationsEdit
Narcissus jonquilla
Further readingEdit
- Narcissus jonquilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Narcissus jonquilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies