daphne
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
daphne /ˈdafni/
▶noun a small, typically evergreen shrub with sweet-scented flowers. [Genus Daphne.]
– origin ME (denoting the laurel or bay tree): from Gk daphnē, from the name of Daphne, a nymph in Greek mythology who was turned into a laurel bush.
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