| NOUN | plant | narcissus | bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters |
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| person | Narcissus | (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection |
| Sounds | naarsih'sahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters. | |
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| Member of | genus Narcissus | Old World perennial bulbous herbs |
| Narrower | daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus | Any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown |
| jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla | Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers | |
| Broader | bulbous plant | plant growing from a bulb |
| Spanish | narciso | |
| Catalan | narcís | |
| Meaning | (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection. | |
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| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
| Spanish | Narciso | |
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