Narcissus /(när*sĭs"sŭs)/

Nar·cis·sus

Narcissus

n.

pl. Narcissuses

  1. 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. (Bot.)
  2. 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. (Classical Myth.) (Capitalized)