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daffodil

daf.fo.dil \'daf-*-.dil\ n [prob. fr. D de affodil the asphodel, fr. de the 
   (fr. MD) + affo]dil asphodel, fr. MF afrodille, fr. L asphodelus; akin to 
   OHG thaz the - more at THAT, ASPHODEL : any of various bulbous herbs (genus 
   Narcissus); esp : a pl ant whose flowers have a large corona elongated into 
   a trumpet