How to Use jonquil in a Sentence

jonquil

noun
  • The Angel Gabriel has extravagant curls — a Leonardo trademark — and the jonquils in the garden where Gabriel kneels are botanically precise.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 2018-03-08
  • Inspired by his favorite spring flowers, creator Christopher Brosius designed this fragrance with the essences of hyacinth, daffodil, crocus, and tulip, and the absolutes of narcissus and jonquil.
    Evelyn Crowley, Vogue, 2018-08-11

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