paper white

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   a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter

   SynonymsNarcissus papyraceus

   Broaderdaffodil

Questions about paper white

What does paper white mean?

paper white means "a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter".

What is another word for paper white?

Close synonyms include Narcissus papyraceus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paper white a common word?

paper white is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.