Narcissus
Narcissus (nar*sis"sus) , noun
[Latin narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Greek na`rkissos, Na`rkissos, from na`rkh torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Compare Narcotic.]
1.
(Botany) A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
2.
(Classical Mythology) 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 Narcissus. [Capitalized]