单词 | asphodel |
释义 | as·pho·del (ăsfə-dĕl′) n. 1. a. Any of several chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus, having linear leaves and elongate clusters of white, pink, or yellow flowers. b. Any of several other plants, such as the bog asphodel. 2. In Greek poetry and mythology, the flowers of Hades and the dead, sacred to Persephone. 3. In early English and French poetry, the daffodil. [Latin asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos.] |
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