jonquil

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See also: Jonquil

English

Alternative forms

jonquille

Etymology

Borrowed from French jonquille, itself a borrowing from Spanish junquillo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

jonquil (plural jonquils)

(botany) A fragrant bulb flower (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), 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.

Translations

Narcissus jonquilla

French: jonquille (fr) f
Georgian: ნარგიზი (nargizi)
German: Jonquille f
Hindi: नरगिस (hi) m (nargis), नर्गिस (hi) m (nargis)
Italian: giunchiglia f
Portuguese: junquilho (pt) m
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Russian: жонки́лия f (žonkílija)
Spanish: junquillo (es)
Turkish: fulya (tr)

Further reading

Narcissus jonquilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Narcissus jonquilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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