English▸ noun
(plural or narcissuses)
a bulbous Eurasian plant of a genus that includes the daffodil, especially (in gardening) one with flowers that have white or pale outer petals and a shallow orange or yellow cup in the centre. Genus Narcissus, family Liliaceae (or Amaryllidaceae): many species and varieties, in particular N. poeticus.
– ORIGIN via Latin from Greek narkissos, perhaps from narkē ‘numbness’, with reference to its narcotic effects.