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Noun: asphodel  'as-fu,del
  1. Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white, pink or yellow flowers
    "Asphodels were associated with the afterlife in Greek mythology"

Derived forms: asphodels

Type of: liliaceous plant

Part of: family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family

Encyclopedia: Asphodel, That Greeny Flower