HyperDic: bog_asphodel

English > 1 sense of the expression bog asphodel:
NOUNplantbog asphodeleither of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
English > bog asphodel: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEither of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions.
Member ofNarthecium, genus Nartheciumbog asphodels
NarrowerAmerican bog asphodel, Narthecium americanumOf the eastern United States
European bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragumOf western Europe
Broaderliliaceous plantplant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

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