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Narthecium

noun

bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Narthecium

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑bog asphodel

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\\närˈthēs(h)ēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek narthēkion asphodel, diminutive of narthēk-, narthēx giant fennel

: a genus of bog herbs (family Liliaceae) having linear leaves and greenish yellow flowers in racemes and with conspicuously bearded filaments — see bog asphodel

Useful english dictionary. 2012.