n 1  cap  :  a genus of Eurasian shrubs (family Thymelaeaceae) that have often fragrant flowers without petals and with a colored calyx resembling a corolla and that include the mezereon  2  :  a plant of the genus Daphne .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  deaf·en 
 
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