Definition of "paper white" [paper white]

• A daffodil (Narcissus papyraceus) having star-shaped, pure white flowers and often grown indoors in pebbles and water for winter blooming. (noun)

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• "After a while came King Salsal, riding on a paper white elephant, as he were a tower plastered with lime and attended by the troops of the Jinn."