asphodel noun. ['asfǝdɛl] LME.
[from Latin asphodilus, -delus from Greek asphodelos. Cf. AFFODILL.]
1. a. Any plant of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, of the lily family, native to the Mediterranean region, the former with white flowers, the latter (more fully yellow asphodel) with yellow flowers, esp. Asphodeline lutea. LME.
b. An immortal flower, said to cover the Elysian fields. poet. M17.

2. (With specifying word.) Any of certain other plants of related genera. L16.
bog asphodel a yellow-flowered marsh plant of the genus Narthecium, esp. N. ossifragum. false asphodel N. Amer. = Scotch asphodel below (in the wider sense). Scotch asphodel, Scottish asphodel a white-flowered subalpine plant of the genus Tofieldia; esp. (in Britain) T. pusilla.

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