asphodel

English - Turkish

Definition of asphodel in English Turkish dictionary

çirişotu

{i} cennetteki ölümsüz çiçek

çirişot

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yellow asphodel

sarızambak

English - English

Definition of asphodel in English English dictionary

The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead

And Hyacinth, Earths freshest softest lap.

Flowering plants of the Asphodelaceae family, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants

{n} a kind of plant, the day-lily

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

A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus

The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers

Any of several flowering plants belonging to the lily family. This common name is variously applied and thus much misunderstood. The asphodel of the poets is often a narcissus; that of the ancients is either of two genera, Asphodeline or Asphodelus. Asphodels are hardy herbaceous perennials with narrow leaves and an elongated stem bearing a handsome spike of white, pink, or yellow flowers. Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) is a small herbaceous plant that grows in boggy places in Britain

{i} type of plant from the lily family

affodill

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american bog asphodel

of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina

bog asphodel

either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions

european bog asphodel

of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal

false asphodel

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

scotch asphodel

false asphodel having spikes of white or white-green flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe

Hyphenation

as·pho·del

Etymology

[ 'as-f&-"del ] (noun.) 1597. From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphodelos).