asphodel

1. 1. Any of several chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus in the lily family, having linear leaves and elongate clusters of white, pink, or yellow flowers.
   2. Any of several other plants, such as the bog asphodel.
2. In Greek poetry and mythology, the flowers of Hades and the dead, sacred to Persephone.
3. In early English and French poetry, the daffodil.

[Latin asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers

Asphodel can refer to:

Plants:

• Members of the Asphodelus genus.
• Asphodelus ramosus, asphodel
• Asphodelus lutea, the yellow asphodel.
• Narthecium americanum, the bog asphodel.
• Tofieldia racemosa, the false asphodel.

Other:

• Asphodel Records, AKA Asphodel Ltd., San Francisco based record label
• Asphodel Meadows, a section of the Underworld in Ancient Greek mythology
• Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario, a Canadian municipality which includes the former Asphodel Township

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