What is the meaning of Daphne?

noun

  • Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.
  • Greek mythology. ( a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo).
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