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Webster 1913 Edition

Daphne

Daph′ne

,

Noun.

[L., a laurel tree, from Gr.

δάφνη

.]

1.

(Bot.)

A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

2.

(Myth.)

A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.