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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers;

2. (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Daphne \Daph"ne\, n. [L., a laurel tree, from Gr. da`fnh.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms. [1913 Webster] 2. (Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

daphne n 1: any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers 2: (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

DAPHNE Document Application Processing in a Heterogeneous Network Environment
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Daphne, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 16581 Housing Units (2000): 7222 Land area (2000): 13.474516 sq. miles (34.898836 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.629579 sq. miles (1.630601 sq. km) Total area (2000): 14.104095 sq. miles (36.529437 sq. km) FIPS code: 19648 Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01 Location: 30.631289 N, 87.886440 W ZIP Codes (1990): 36526 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Daphne, AL Daphne