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daffodil

[daf-uh-dil] / ˈdæf ə dɪl /




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In Africa’s Lake Tanganyika, fish called daffodil cichlids also work together to raise their young.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

He named this white, double-flowered daffodil after his wife.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025

Twin Peaks, a tiny town near Lake Arrowhead, has planted thousands of daffodil bulbs as part of the Julie Greer Daffodil Project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025

Kazzy's younger sister Nicola spotted a promotion by a jewellery company for St David's Day, with prizes that included daffodil jewellery.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024

“And most of the time you don’t,” said a yellow one sitting in a daffodil.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

Flowers played a prominent role, with a spray of daffodils bursting from one skirt or the red-orange petals of California's poppy, the state flower, cascading down a dress.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

For the Mets, the daffodils are dead and optimism has taken the first flight from LaGuardia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Woodland fairies carrying giant daffodils or wearing hats covered in mushrooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

The public will be able to report suspected pink daffodils to the RHS by sending in photographs, which will be sent to expert botanists to examine.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

It is not really about the countryside at all; nature is there purely as a metaphor for feelings, as it was for Wordsworth and his daffodils, Shelley with his skylark and Keats with his nightingale.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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