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ASPHODELINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asphodeline mean?
• ASPHODELINE (noun)
The noun ASPHODELINE has 1 sense:
1. genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
Familiarity information: ASPHODELINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline
Hypernyms ("Asphodeline" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "Asphodeline"):
Jacob's rod (asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight)
Asphodeline lutea; king's spear; yellow asphodel (asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Asphodeline" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
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