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spring's loudest comeback, screaming yellow before the world remembers how to be warm
means A spring-blooming bulb flower with a trumpet-shaped central cup, usually bright yellow, of the genus Narcissus.
from From 'affodill,' an old name for the asphodel, which came via Latin 'asphodelus' from Greek 'asphodelos.' The puzzling 'd' at the front is likely a stray bit of the Dutch article 'de' (de affodil) that got glued on and never let go — a flower that wandered out of Greek meadows and picked up a Dutch hitchhiker along the way.
- toxic bloom
- every part contains poisonous lycorine, including the bulb
- vase enemy
- its sap kills other cut flowers nearby
- cancer fighter
- galantamine from daffodils treats Alzheimer's symptoms
- welsh icon
- national flower of Wales, worn on Saint David's Day
- onion impostor
- bulbs mistaken for onions cause poisoning yearly
narcissus pseudonarcissus — the wild daffodil species native to spain and portugal, the genetic ancestor of most cultivated daffodils
king alfred daffodil — the most popular commercial variety worldwide, first cultivated in the 1890s and still dominant in the daffodil market
welsh national flower — the daffodil (dydd gŵyl dewi) is the official national flower of wales, worn on st. david's day (march 1)