Meaning of asphodel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.
   uncountable, usually
2. A former township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, merged into Asphodel-Norwood township in 1998.
3. The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
   Greek, uncountable, usually

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Examples

“Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous rock-roses, juniper, ilex, yellow and white asphodel [translating asphodèles].”

“Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank, Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowr'd He led her nothing loath; Flours were the Couch, Pansies, and Violets, and Asphodel, And Hyacinth, Earths freshest softest lap.”

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