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the rebel daffodil that smells like spring decided to show off
means A jonquil is a small, fragrant species of narcissus with clustered yellow flowers and slender, rush-like leaves, often lumped in with daffodils.
from From French jonquille, which borrowed it from Spanish junquillo, a 'little rush' — itself a diminutive of Spanish junco, from Latin iuncus, meaning 'rush' or 'reed.' The name points not to the bloom but to the leaves, those thin reedy blades that look like marsh rushes; the same Latin iuncus is a cousin of the word 'junction,' since rushes were once woven and bound together.
- name origin
- from Latin juncus, meaning rush or reed
- fragrance
- one of few daffodils that actually smells sweet
- toxic beauty
- every part contains poisonous lycorine alkaloids
- color word
- jonquil names a pale, sunny yellow hue
- clustered blooms
- multiple flowers per stem, unlike solo daffodils