Meaning & use
daffodil
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Meaning
nouncountable
A spring flower with a yellow or white cup-shaped center and surrounding petals.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a daffodil, two daffodils, or daffodils in general.
Patterns
- a bunch of daffodils
- daffodils bloom in spring
- plant daffodil bulbs
The first daffodils opened in the garden last week.
She put a bunch of daffodils on the kitchen table.
In many places, daffodils are a sign that spring has arrived.
Word forms
| plural | daffodils |
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Common combinations
- a bunch of daffodils
- He brought her a bunch of daffodils from the market.
- daffodils bloom
- The daffodils bloom earlier than most other flowers.
- plant daffodil bulbs
- We planted daffodil bulbs along the path in autumn.
- wild daffodils
- Wild daffodils grew in the woods near the river.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: daffodil or tulip?
daffodil vs tulip
Both are spring flowers grown from bulbs, but a tulip has a smooth, cup-shaped flower without the trumpet-like center of a daffodil.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'daffodil' correctly.
Choose one answer.
Daffodil is a countable noun, so 'a single daffodil' is correct. Option 1 is wrong because 'the daffodil' is singular and needs 'is'; option 2 is wrong because 'a' cannot go with the plural 'bulbs'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “daffodil”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.