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daphne noun. ['dafni] LME.
[Greek daphne laurel, bay tree, Daphne a nymph who escaped Apollo's advances by being changed into a laurel.]
Orig., a laurel or bay tree. Now, a flowering shrub of the genus Daphne, of the mezereon family; esp. spurge laurel, D. laureola.
Comb.: daphne heath Austral. any of various flowering shrubs of the genus Brachyloma, of the epacris family.