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Asphodeline

noun

genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Asphodeline

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family

• Member Meronyms: ↑Jacob's rod, ↑king's spear, ↑yellow asphodel, ↑Asphodeline lutea

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\\ˌasfəˈdeləˌnē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek asphodelinē, feminine of asphodelinos of asphodel, from asphodelos

: a genus of asphodels native to the Mediterranean region that have usually yellow or white flowers in long bracted racemes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.