| NOUN | plant | daphne | any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers |
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| person | Daphne | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo |
| Sounds | dae'fniy | |
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| Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... | |
| Meaning | Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers. | |
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| Member of | genus Daphne | usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs |
| Narrower | garland flower, Daphne cneorum | Widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers |
| mezereon, February daphne, Daphne mezereum | small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs | |
| spurge laurel, wood laurel, Daphne laureola | bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers | |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Catalan | daphne | |
| Meaning | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo. | |
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| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Broader | nymph | (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden |
| Spanish | Dafne | |
| Catalan | Dafne, Daphne | |
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