| NOUN | plant | asphodel | any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera ... / genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers |
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| Meaning | Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera ... / genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers. | |
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| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
| Narrower | Jacob's rod | asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight |
| king's spear, yellow asphodel, Asphodeline lutea | asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers | |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
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