asphodel
Noun
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Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers (synset 112462463)
is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubersubtypes:
- jacob's rod - asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
- asphodeline lutea, king's spear, yellow asphodel - asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
belongs to: family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
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