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asphodel

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as⋅pho⋅del

  [as-fuh-del]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L asphodelus < Gk asphódelos the asphodel. See daffodil
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as·pho·del   (ās'fə-děl')   
n.  

    1. Any of several chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus in the lily family, having linear leaves and elongate clusters of white, pink, or yellow flowers.

    2. 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.


[Latin asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos.]
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