narcissus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
  2. noun (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection

WordNet

Nar*cis"sus noun
Etymology
L. narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Gr. na`rkissos, Na`rkissos, fr. na`rkh torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf. Narcotic.
Wordforms
plural Narcissuses
Definitions
  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.) 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 1913