Definition for JON'QUIL

JON'QUIL, a. [Fr. jonquille; It. giunchiglia, giunco; L. juncus, a rush, and It. giglio, a lily. It is sometimes called the rush-leafed daffodil.]

A plant of the genus Narcissus, bearing beautiful flowers of various colors, yellow and white. – Encyc.

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