Definition of "daphne" [daph•ne]

• Any of several Eurasian shrubs of the genus Daphne often cultivated for their glossy evergreen foliage and clusters of small, bell-shaped flowers. (noun)

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• ""Oh, come here!" said Ellen, pulling him toward the flowerstand, – "and tell me what this daphne is like – you need not see that, only smell it, that's enough; – do John, and tell me what it is like!""
• "I mean wtf. .daphne is supposed to be hot. .this one looks okay but she’s either fat or pregnant in her 4rth month which looks nothing like the athletic daphne we know."
• "You can easily find a good characterizing of daphne from the scoopy doo movies that sarah meshal geller played. .now that’s how the character should be."