noun
either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant
• Hyponyms: ↑European bog asphodel, ↑Narthecium ossifragum, ↑American bog asphodel, ↑Narthecium americanum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Narthecium, ↑genus Narthecium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.