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Asphodel

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Noun

1. asphodel

any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Asphodel

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noun
1. 
any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers
Compare bog asphodel
2. 
any of various other plants, such as the daffodil
3. 
an unidentified flower of Greek legend, probably a narcissus, said to cover the Elysian fields

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Asphodel

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noun
1. 
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)
2. 
any of a similar genus (Asphodelus) of plants of the lily family, having leafless flower stems

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Asphodel

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n.
1.
a. Any of several chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus, having linear leaves and elongate clusters of white, pink, or yellow flowers.
b. Any of several other plants, such as the bog asphodel.
2. In Greek poetry and mythology, the flowers of Hades and the dead, sacred to Persephone.
3. In early English and French poetry, the daffodil.

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