Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of hardy, stemless herbs, with white, lily-like flowers in long racemes, members of the family Liliaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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Examples
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The daylily is a very early bloomer with a tag of Lemon Lily, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus.
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The plant _lilio asphodelus_ belongs to the liliaceous tribe.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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Apud nos enim adest. asphodelus solum est, et li - Clolli.
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