ALL meanings of asphodel
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A a - noun asphodel any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers 3
- noun asphodel any of various other plants, such as the daffodil 3
- noun asphodel an unidentified flower of Greek legend, probably a narcissus, said to cover the Elysian fields 3
- noun asphodel any of a genus (Asphodeline) of plants of the lily family, having fleshy roots, narrow leaves, and white or yellow, lilylike flowers; esp. the classic flower of death (A. lutea) 3
- noun asphodel any of a similar genus (Asphodelus) of plants of the lily family, having leafless flower stems 3
- noun asphodel any of various southern European plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, of the lily family, having white, pink, or yellow flowers in elongated clusters. 1
- noun asphodel any of various other plants, as the daffodil. 1
- noun asphodel A Eurasian plant of the lily family, typically having long slender leaves and flowers borne on a spike. 1
- noun asphodel Flowering plants of the Asphodelaceae family, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants. 0
- noun asphodel (Greek mythology) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead. 0