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jonquil

[ UK /d‍ʒˈɒnkwɪl/ ]
NOUN
  1. widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers
  2. often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil

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  • She became conscious that the long grass was drenched and her shoes and stockings wet through; there was light enough to see in that grass the stars of jonquil, grape hyacinth and the pale cast-out tulips; there would be polyanthus, too, bluebells and cowslips — a few. Flowering Wilderness
  • Rhodium-plated hair clip with Jonquil crystal lemon and leaf in Peridot crystal.
  • In honor of the occasion, judge Steven Tyler is wearing a duster coat with fur print lining, and judge Jennifer Lopez is dressed as a jonquil. 'American Idol' 2011: ... and then there were 12
  • Re: The idea of fanfic - jonquil - May. 9th, 2010 02: 23 pm (UTC) Expand A Few Last Words
  • Other flowers featured in the magazine included daisies and daffodils, jonquils and jasmines, roses and ranunculus, and hundreds of others.
  • Thanks, jonquil! ktempest has a highly interesting post up about Realms of Fantasy and boobs. Dreamwidth and Realms
  • No! There's her pretty hat of straw Laid on the bench; but then they saw There was no ribbon round it; The garden all neglected; The rake and wat'ring-pot were down Amongst the jonquils overthrown; The broken-branched roses running riot; The dandelion, groundsell, all about; And the nice walks, laid out with so much taste, Now cover'd with neglected weeds and wanton waste. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
  • In actual fact, all daffodils and jonquils are narcissi - but only some narcissi are daffodils and only a few are jonquils.
  • Some of you I got to already ... with the wishes ... but I have a few more ... iamabadwolf crimedoc1 psychicnagger webeh jonquil missatralissa fishsanwitt soniced_up Happy Birthday April Babies
  • Mr. Froggatt's little conservatory with him, and had received into their charge a basket of camellias, violets, and calycanthus, with a pot of jonquils in the middle for Geraldine, the old gentleman said, as he bade them good-bye, 'Tell your sister, that if she thinks a day or two of laying by would be good for your brother, I should be ready and glad to change places with him. The Pillars of the House, V1
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