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Daphne

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Noun

1. daphne

any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

2. daphne

(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Daphne

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noun
any shrub of the Eurasian thymelaeaceous genus Daphne, such as the mezereon and spurge laurel: ornamentals with shiny evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
See also laurel (sense 4)
noun
Greek mythology
a nymph who was saved from the amorous attentions of Apollo by being changed into a laurel tree

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Daphne

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noun
1. 
a feminine name
2.  Greek Mythology
a nymph who is changed by her father into a laurel tree so that she may escape Apollo's advances
3.  [d-]
any of a genus (Daphne) of small evergreen shrubs of the mezereum family, with fragrant flowers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Daphne

see synonyms of daphne
n.
Any of several Eurasian shrubs of the genus Daphne, often cultivated for their glossy evergreen foliage and clusters of small, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers.
n.
Greek Mythology
A nymph who metamorphosed into a laurel tree as a means of escaping from Apollo.

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