jonquil

A noun referring to a widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe, known for its fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers, and often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une plante ornementale largement cultivée, originaire du sud de l'Europe, appréciée pour ses fleurs parfumées jaunes ou blanches, et souvent utilisé familièrement pour désigner tout narcisse jaune.

1. Ornamental plant B2 formal

   A widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere, having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers.

   • The garden was filled with blooming jonquils in early spring.
   • She planted jonquils along the pathway for their sweet fragrance.
   • Jonquils are often used in floral arrangements for their delicate beauty.

   🇫🇷Jonquille (plante ornementale)

2. Colloquial term for yellow daffodil B2 informal

   Often used colloquially to refer to any yellow daffodil.

   • He picked a bunch of jonquils from the meadow for his mother.
   • In the park, the jonquils were the first flowers to appear after winter.
   • She called the bright yellow flowers jonquils, though they were technically daffodils.

   🇫🇷Jonquille (sens courant)

   Synonymes: daffodil

• jonquils plural form
• jonquils' possessive plural form
• jonquil's possessive singular form