ASPHODELUS
\ɐsfˈə͡ʊdləs], \ɐsfˈəʊdləs], \ɐ_s_f_ˈəʊ_d_l_ə_s]\
Definitions of ASPHODELUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
By Princeton University
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small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The bulbs of this southern European plant have an acrimony which they lose in boiling water. They contain a fecula with which bread has been made, and have been considered diuretic. They have been used as a succedaneum for the squill.
By Robley Dunglison
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