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as·pho·del
/ˈæsfəˌdɛl/
日光蘭,常春花,水仙
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
As·pho·del
n.
Bot.
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
.
Note:
☞
The
name
is
also
popularly
given
to
species
of
other
genera
.
The
asphodel
of
the
early
English
and
French
poets
was
the
daffodil
.
The
asphodel
of
the
Greek
poets
is
supposed
to
be
the
Narcissus poeticus
.
Pansies
,
and
violets
,
and
asphodel
.
--
Milton
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
asphodel
n
:
any
of
various
chiefly
Mediterranean
plants
of
the
genera
Asphodeline
and
Asphodelus
having
linear
leaves
and
racemes
of
white
or
pink
or
yellow
flowers
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