asphodel
/ˈæsfədɛl/
asphodel noun: any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.
Noun
asphodel (usually uncountable, plural asphodels)
- Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.
- Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous rock-roses, juniper, ilex, yellow and white asphodel [translating asphodèles].1962, Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Peter Green, The Prime of Life, Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, translation of La Force de l'âge, →OCLC, page 77
- The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
- Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank,
Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowr'd
He led her nothing loath; Flours were the Couch,
Pansies, and Violets, and Asphodel,
And Hyacinth, Earths freshest softest lap.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank,
Proper noun capitalized: Asphodel
Asphodel
- A former township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, merged into Asphodel-Norwood township in 1998.
asphodel meaning in Tamil and Bengali
asphodel in Tamil
- புகைக்கீல் போன்ற, புகைக்கீல் சார்ந்த, புகைக்கீல் கலந்த, கருங்காரையிட்ட
asphodel in Bengali
- একটি লম্বা ফুলের উদ্ভিদ
Forms of asphodel
| plural | asphodels |
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Origin of asphodel
Learned borrowing from Latin asphodelus, from Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos). Doublet of daffodil.
Words formed from asphodel
Phrases with asphodel
Questions about asphodel
- What does asphodel mean?
- Asphodel means any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.
- What is asphodel in Tamil?
- Asphodel in Tamil is புகைக்கீல் போன்ற, புகைக்கீல் சார்ந்த, புகைக்கீல் கலந்த. See Asphodel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is asphodel?
- Asphodel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce asphodel?
- Asphodel is pronounced /ˈæsfədɛl/.
- What is the plural of asphodel?
- The plural of asphodel is asphodels.
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