HyperDic: king[s_spear

English > 1 sense of the expression king's spear:
NOUNplantking's spear, yellow asphodel, Asphodeline luteaasphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
English > king's spear: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningasphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers.
Synonymsyellow asphodel, Asphodeline lutea
Member ofAsphodeline, genus Asphodelinegenus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes
BroaderasphodelAny of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera ... / genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
Catalanasphodeline lutea

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