Definition of daphne Daphne
/dæˈfni/ - [dafnee] - daph•ne
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What does daphne mean?
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NounPlural: daphnes |
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| daphne - any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus daphne usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs | ||
| daphne cneorum, garland flower widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers | ||
| daphne laureola, spurge laurel, wood laurel bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers | ||
| daphne - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo | ||
| nymph a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- daphne (Noun)
Any one of least 50 species of shrub of the Thymelaeaceae family, some of which are grown as ornamentals.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- daphne (n.)
A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms. - daphne (n.)
A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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daphne
daf′nē, n. a genus of shrubs or small trees. [Gr.]
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mythology
Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη, meaning "laurel") was a dryad in Greek mythology, daughter of the river god Peneus.
Once the god Apollo made fun of Eros, the god of love. Eros was angry, and shot a golden arrow at Apollo, making him fall in love with the nymph Daphne. But Eros shot Daphne with a leaden arrow so she could never love Apollo back. So Apollo followed her while she ran away, until she came to the river of her father Peneus. There she wanted help from Peneus, who turned her into a laurel tree so she would be safe from Apollo. Apollo was sad, and made himself a laurel wreath (a circle made of laurel that you put on your head) from the tree, and the laurel tree became sacred to Apollo.
See Ovid. "Metamorphoses". Book I: 452-567.
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🔤- daphne, noun, singular of daphnes.
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