Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Daphne

Daphne , noun

[Latin, a laurel tree, from Greek da`fnh.]

1.
(Botany) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
2.
(Mythology) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.