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SCOTCH ASPHODEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scotch asphodel mean?
• SCOTCH ASPHODEL (noun)
The noun SCOTCH ASPHODEL has 1 sense:
1. false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
Familiarity information: SCOTCH ASPHODEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
False asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Scotch asphodel; Tofieldia pusilla
Hypernyms ("Scotch asphodel" is a kind of...):
false asphodel (a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers)
Holonyms ("Scotch asphodel" is a member of...):
genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
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