Nar-çis'sus, n.
n. [Lat. narcissus, Gr. νάρκισσος, from νάρκη, torpor, because of its narcotic properties.]
- (Myth.) A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called by his name.
- (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, of several species, comprising the daffodils, jonquils, and the like. They have bulbous, perennial roots, but annual leaves and flower-stalks.
