jonquil
Americannoun
noun
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a Eurasian amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus jonquilla with long fragrant yellow or white short-tubed flowers
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any of various other small daffodil-like plants
Etymology
Origin of jonquil
1620–30; < French jonquille < Spanish junquillo, equivalent to junc ( o ) rush, reed (< Latin juncus ) + -illo diminutive suffix
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In the South, daffodils are sometimes known as jonquils, because the jonquil was the one type of daffodil that could reliably grow in a climate with milder winters and hotter summers.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
An old man in jonquil pants sits on a fence.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2015
If anything about Patagonia is still otherworldly, it’s the colors embedded in the landscape — teal, mauve, mahogany, jonquil, periwinkle, azure, lavender.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
Amaryllis, am-a-ril′is, n. a genus of bulbous-rooted plants, including the narcissus, jonquil, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
It is thus related to jonquil, which comes, through French, from Span. junquillo, a diminutive from Lat. juncus, rush.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
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