FALSE ASPHODEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false asphodel mean? 

• FALSE ASPHODEL (noun)
  The noun FALSE ASPHODEL has 1 sense:

1. a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE ASPHODEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("false asphodel" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "false asphodel"):

Scotch asphodel; Tofieldia pusilla (false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe)

Holonyms ("false asphodel" is a member of...):

genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)