narcissus

A bulb native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, and W Asia; leaves strap-shaped; flowers solitary or several on a long stalk, central trumpet or cup (the corona), surrounded by six spreading perianth-segments, white, yellow, or pink; the corona often contrasting, sometimes red. Horticulturally a division is made into daffodils, with the corona equalling or longer than the perianth, and narcissi, with the corona shorter than the perianth. Many species and numerous cultivars are grown in gardens and for the cut-flower trade. (Genus: Narcissus, 60 species. Family: Amaryllidaceae.)

Narcissus may mean either:

Narcissus in Greek mythology the Narcissus flower and plant Narcissus, freedman and secretary to the Roman emperor Claudius Narcissus, murderer of the Roman emperor Commodus HMS Narcissus, a name borne by six ships of the Royal Navy Narcissus, a painting by Caravaggio Narcissus, a JavaScript engine Narcissus, a piano piece by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin Narcissus, an opera by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Narcissus, a 1916 novel by Viola Meynell Narcissus, a lifeboat appearing in the Aliens series of films. Narcissus, an electronic music composer from Uruguay

Other uses of the name include:

Black Narcissus, a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden, and its 1947 film adaptation by Powell and Pressburger Echo and Narcissus, a painting by John William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus, a poem by Ovid Narcissa Malfoy, character in the Harry Potter series of books Narcissus, a 1983 short film by Norman McLaren Narcissus and Goldmund, a 1930 novel by Hermann Hesse The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', an 1897 novel by Joseph Conrad Operation Narcissus, a raid on Sicily by the SAS during World War II Pink Narcissus, a 1971 film by James Bidgood Narcissu, a visual novel.