jonquil has definitions from the field of botany
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[ noun ] (botany) widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Already the jonquils were blooming in a flock by the front gate , and the periwinkles were coming_on , blue by the porch steps .

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[ noun ] (botany) often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil

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daffodil

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