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• Asphodel — can refer to:Plants: *Members of the Asphodelus genus. * Asphodelus ramosus , asphodel * Asphodelus lutea , the yellow asphodel. * Narthecium americanum , the bog asphodel. * Tofieldia racemosa , the false asphodel.Other: *Asphodel Records… …   Wikipedia

• 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• asphodel — late 14c., from L. asphodelus, from Gk. asphodelos asphodel, king s spear, of unknown origin (see DAFFODIL (Cf. daffodil)). Taken in poetic use for a mythical deathless flower that overspreads the Elysian meadows. To embathe In nectared lavers… …   Etymology dictionary

• asphodel — ► NOUN ▪ a plant of the lily family with long, slender leaves and flowers borne on a spike. ORIGIN Greek asphodelos; related to DAFFODIL(Cf. ↑daffodil) …   English terms dictionary

• asphodel — [as′fə del΄] n. [< ModL < L asphodelus < Gr asphodelos] 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) …   English World dictionary

• asphodel — /as feuh del /, n. 1. 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. 2. any of various other plants, as the daffodil. [1590 1600;… …   Universalium

• asphodel —   n. kind of liliaceous plant; daffodil; Literature, flower of the Elysian fields.    ♦ bog    ♦ asphodel, British grass like moorland plant …   Dictionary of difficult words

• asphodel — noun Etymology: Latin asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos Date: 1597 any of various Old World herbs (especially genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline) of the lily family with flowers in usually long erect racemes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• asphodel — noun a) Flowering plants of the family, especially ramosus and ; the flowers of these plants. Her hand he seisd, and to a shadie bank, b) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead. Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowrd …   Wiktionary

• asphodel — n. type of plant from the lily family …   English contemporary dictionary

• asphodel — [ asfədɛl] noun 1》 a plant of the lily family with long, slender leaves and flowers borne on a spike. [Asphodelus and other genera.] 2》 literary an everlasting flower said to grow in the Elysian fields. Origin ME: via L. from Gk asphodelos; cf.… …   English new terms dictionary