DAPHNE

[daph.ne] n [NL, genus name, fr. L, laurel, fr. Gk daphne] (1862): any of a genus (Daphne) of Eurasian shrubs of the mezereon family with apetalous flowers whose colored calyx resembles a corolla Daph.ne n [L, fr. Gk Daphne]: a nymph who is transformed into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing Apollo