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Webster 1913 Edition

Narcissus

Nar-cis′sus

(när-sĭs′sŭs)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Narcissuses
(#)
.
[L.
narcissus
, and (personified)
Narcissus
, Gr.
νάρκισσος
,
Νάρκισσος
, fr.
νάρκη
torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf.
Narcotic
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
2.
(Classical Myth.)
(Capitalized)
A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.

Webster 1828 Edition

Narcissus

NARCISSUS

,
Noun.
In botany, the daffodil, a genus of plants of several species. They are of the bulbous rooted tribe, perennial in root, but with annual leaves and flower stalks.

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