Asphodel

[æsfәdel]

Definition

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

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Definition

(n.) 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.

Typist: Rex

Definition

n. a kind of lily—in Greek mythology the peculiar plant of the dead. In Greece they cover the bleakest hillsides with enduring blossom.—adj. Elysian.

Checker: Percy