jonquil
See also: Jonquil
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Jonquil11.jpg/220px-Jonquil11.jpg)
Alternative forms
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
Further reading
Narcissus jonquilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Narcissus jonquilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies