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bog asphodels

bog asphodels is the plural of bog asphodel.

Meaning of bog asphodel

Noun

bog asphodel (plural bog asphodels)

  1. A yellow-flowered perennial, of species Narthecium ossifragum, found in wet open areas of western Europe, and bearing orange fruits formerly used as a food coloring.
    • As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 20
  2. Related species found elsewhere, such as Narthecium americanum and Narthecium californicum

Questions about bog asphodels

What is bog asphodels the plural of?
Bog asphodels is the plural of bog asphodel.

Words near bog asphodels in the dictionary

  1. bofumustine
  2. bog
  3. bog arum
  4. bog arums
  5. bog asphodel
  6. bog asphodels
  7. bog beacon
  8. bog beacons
  9. bog bean
  10. bog beans
  11. bog bilberries

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