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YELLOW ASPHODEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow asphodel mean?
• YELLOW ASPHODEL (noun)
The noun YELLOW ASPHODEL has 1 sense:
1. asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
Familiarity information: YELLOW ASPHODEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asphodeline lutea; king's spear; yellow asphodel
Hypernyms ("yellow asphodel" is a kind of...):
asphodel (any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("yellow asphodel" is a member of...):
Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline (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)
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