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Noun
/ˈasfəˌdel/,
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asphodels, plural;
  1. A Eurasian plant of the lily family, typically having long slender leaves and flowers borne on a spike

  2. An immortal flower said to grow in the Elysian fields

  1. any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
  2. (asphodels) a lily plant, bearing white or yellow flowers
  3. (Asphodeline lutea). A native of the Mediterranean, the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans prepared it like a potato. It prefers sandy soil and was probably a minor crop in some parts of North Africa during classical antiquity. ...
  4. a flower of the lily family, with white, pink, or yellow flowers clusters of flowers
  5. n. - kind of liliaceous plant; daffodil; Literature, flower of the Elysian fields. bog asphodel, British grass-like moorland plant.
  6. Powdered root of asphodel is used in the Draught of the Living Dead. This plant is traditionally associated with the afterlife and the underworld. It was planted on graves by the Ancient Greeks taught to be a repelant against Sorcery. ...
  7. an ingredient in sleeping potion
  8. “Quivering on amaranthine asphodel…” An unidentified flower of classical legend, said to resemble the narcissus and to cover the Elysian Fields (q.v.). The word ‘daffodil’ derives from this name by way of the Dutch. ...