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bog asphodel
bog asphodeln. Any of several perennial herbs of the genus Narthecium, native to boggy areas in northern temperate regions and having grasslike leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.bog asphodel n (Plants) either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves bog′ as′phodel n. any grasslike plant of the genus Narthecium, of the lily family, growing in boggy places. [1880–85] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | bog asphodel - either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regionsliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Narthecium, Narthecium - bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family MelanthiaceaeEuropean bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum - of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and PortugalAmerican bog asphodel, Narthecium americanum - of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina |
bog asphodel Related to bog asphodel: yellow asphodelWords related to bog asphodelnoun either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leavesRelated Words- liliaceous plant
- genus Narthecium
- Narthecium
- European bog asphodel
- Narthecium ossifragum
- American bog asphodel
- Narthecium americanum
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