ASPHODEL

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

asphodel (usually uncountable, plural asphodels)

Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.

(Greek mythology) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.

Anagrams

• pholades

Source: Wiktionary

As"pho*del, n. Etym: [L. asphodelus, Gr. Daffodil.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Note: 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 supposed to be the Narcissus poeticus. Dr. Prior. Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition