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narcissus

nar.cis.sus \na:r-'sis-*s\ \-'sis-*-s*z\ \-'sis-.i-, -(.)e-\ n or narcissus 
   or nar.cis.sus.es or nar.cis.si [L, fr. Gk Narkissos] [NL, genus name, fr. 
   L, narcissus, fr. Gk narkissos] cap  1: a beautiful youth in Greek legend 
   caused to pine away for love of his ow n image and transformed into a 
   narcissus pl  2: DAFFODIL; esp : one whose flowers have a short corona and  
   are usu. borne separately