DAPHNE


Meaning of DAPHNE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdaf-nē ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, laurel, from Greek daphnē

Date: circa 1841

: any of a genus ( Daphne ) of Eurasian shrubs of the mezereon family with apetalous flowers whose colored calyx resembles a corolla

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