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Tenby|ˈtɛnbɪ| The name of a town on the coast of Wales, used attrib. in Tenby daffodil to designate Narcissus obvallaris, a small yellow daffodil sometimes found as a wild flower in the region.
[1830A. H. Haworth in Phil. Mag. VIII. 130 Truby [sic] 6-lobed Daffodil. ]1884J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Isles (ed. 3) 399 The Tenby Daffodil..scarcely differs. 1894W. Robinson Wild Garden (ed. 4) ii. 19 The little Tenby Daffodil is very sturdy and pretty. 1966J. Berrisford Wild Garden iii. 35 The early-blooming Narcissus obvallaris, the small ‘Tenby Daffodil’. 1981W. Condry Nat. Hist. Wales vi. 171 The Tenby daffodil..has long puzzled the world. |