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Look up: asphodel

  1. asphodel
    [n] - any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Asphodel
    As'pho·del noun [ Latin asphodelus , Greek .... See Daffodil .] (Botany) 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. » The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was th ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/130

  3. asphodel
    <botany> 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. ... The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets is ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. asphodel
    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
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Asphodel
    `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 *Asphodel Meadows, a section of the Underworld in Ancient Greek mythology
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphodel

  6. Asphodel
    • (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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. asphodel
    any of several flowering plants belonging to the lily family (Liliaceae). It is a variously applied and thus much-misunderstood common name. The ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/113

  8. asphodel
    asphodel (ăs'fudel") , name for plants of several genera of the family Lilaceae (lily family). The true asphodels belong to two small and very similar genera (Asphodelus and Asphodeline) of the Mediterranean region and India. The showy flower spike of the former is usually white; of th...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08050


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