[nar.cis.sus] n [L, fr. Gk Narkissos] 1 cap: a beautiful youth in Greek mythology who pines away for love of his own reflection and is then turned into the narcissus flower
2. pl nar.cis.si or nar.cis.sus.es or narcissus [NL, genus name, fr. L, narcissus, fr. Gk narkissos]: daffodil; esp: one whose flowers have a short corona and are usu. borne separately