DAFFODIL

[daf.fo.dil] n [perh. fr. D de affodil the asphodel, fr. de the (fr. MD) + affodil asphodel, fr. MF afrodille, fr. L asphodelus; akin to OHG thaz the--more at that, asphodel] (1548): any of various bulbous herbs (genus Narcissus); esp: a plant whose flowers have a large corona elongated into a trumpet--compare jonquil