/nahr sis"euhs/ , n. , pl. narcissus, narcissuses, narcissi /-sis"ee, -sis"uy/ for 1, 2.
1. any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
2. the flower of any of these plants.
3. ( cap. ) Class. Myth. a youth who fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool and wasted away from unsatisfied desire, whereupon he was transformed into the flower.
[ 1540-50; nárkissos plant name, traditionally connected, by virtue of plant's narcotic effects, with nárke numbness, torpor. See NARCOTIC ]