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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