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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

The variety became the most well-known and widely grown pink daffodil for over 90 years.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

This daffodil is one of many bred by the plantswoman Sarah Backhouse.

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

For that spring, while the crocuses bloomed, while the headmistress checked on the daffodil bulbs in the flower beds, Calliope, too, felt something budding.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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 royal couple paid a visit earlier this week to Powys, where they greeted cheering crowds holding bunches of daffodils, the national flower of Wales.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

I wanted a gold cross, not the boring daffodils Dad had given me that morning.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy




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