Definition of "jonquil"

jonquil

/ˈd͡ʒɑŋkwəl/

noun
plural jonquils
1. A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil.
2. A shade of yellow.
  Quotations
  She had a jonquil silk pelisse, a bonnet of the same colour, with a bird of paradise plume, looking very much like an illuminated butterfly.
  1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, page 187
  At sunset dusky ghosts of sampans, laden with families living up the river, glide homeward against a jonquil sky.
  March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine‎, page 258