Found 2 items, similar to Asphodel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: asphodel
asphodel
n : any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera
Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and
racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Asphodel
Asphodel
\As"pho*del\, n. [L. asphodelus, Gr. ?. See
Daffodil.] (Bot.)
A general name for a plant of the genus
Asphodelus. The
asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of
which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.
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Note: The name is also popularly given to species of other
genera. The asphodel of the early English and French
poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets
is supposed to be the
Narcissus poeticus. --Dr.
Prior.
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Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. --Milton.
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