Other forms: daffodils
A daffodil is a yellow spring flower with a trumpet in the middle. A bunch of daffodils, daffodils in March, plant daffodil bulbs.
The trumpet is properly the corona, and the six petals behind it are the perianth. It is the national flower of Wales and the emblem of several cancer charities. The bulbs are poisonous and have been mistaken for onions with unpleasant results.
1noundaffodilA yellow spring flower with a trumpet in the middle.
“In March the park is full of yellow daffodils.”
daffodil is a flower.
From affodill, from Latin asphodelus. The d at the front is unexplained, possibly from a Dutch article.
Ancient Greek
ἀσφόδελος
Latin
asphodelus
Medieval Latin
affodillus
Middle English
affodill — ramson
English, today
daffodil
Variant of Middle English affodill (“ramson”), from Medieval Latin affodillus, from Latin asphodelus, from Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος, of qsb-grc - origin. The initial d- is perhaps from merging of the article in Dutch de affodil, the Netherlands being a source for bulbs (compare adder, apron, newt, nickname, orange and umpire for this rebracketing process). a doublet of asphodel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA