ALL meanings of daphne
Daph·ne
D d - noun daphne a nymph who is changed by her father into a laurel tree so that she may escape Apollo's advances 3
- noun daphne any of a genus (Daphne) of small evergreen shrubs of the mezereum family, with fragrant flowers 3
- noun daphne any shrub of the Eurasian thymelaeaceous genus Daphne, such as the mezereon and spurge laurel: ornamentals with shiny evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers 3
- noun daphne a nymph who was saved from the amorous attentions of Apollo by being changed into a laurel tree 3
- noun daphne a feminine name 3
- noun daphne a shrub, Daphne mezereum, native to Eurasia, having clusters of fragrant purplish flowers. 1
- noun daphne A small Eurasian shrub with sweet-scented flowers and, typically, evergreen leaves. 1
- noun daphne (botany) Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae , some of which are grown as ornamentals. 0