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daphne US English

a small Eurasian shrub with sweet-scented flowers and, typically, evergreen leaves

Daphne US English

a nymph who was turned into a laurel bush to save her from the amorous pursuit of Apollo

Daphne in daphne US English

a small Eurasian shrub with sweet-scented flowers and, typically, evergreen leaves

Du Maurier, Dame Daphne US English

(1907–89), English novelist; granddaughter of George du Maurier. Notable works: Jamaica Inn (1936), Rebecca (1938), and The Birds (1952)

Daphne mezereum in mezereon (also mezereum) US English

a Eurasian shrub with fragrant purplish-red flowers and poisonous red berries, found chiefly in calcareous woodlands

Daphne laureola in spurge laurel US English

a low-growing evergreen Eurasian shrub with leathery leaves, small green flowers, and black poisonous berries