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ASPHODELUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asphodelus mean? 

ASPHODELUS (noun)
  The noun ASPHODELUS has 1 sense:

1. small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceaeplay

  Familiarity information: ASPHODELUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASPHODELUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asphodelus; genus Asphodelus

Hypernyms ("Asphodelus" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Holonyms ("Asphodelus" 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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