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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW ASPHODEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW ASPHODEL (noun)


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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