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A former township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, merged into Asphodel-Norwood township in 1998.
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Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
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Usage: Greek, uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
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Broader terms: liliaceous plant
Narrower terms: Jacob's rod, king's spear, yellow asphodel, Asphodeline lutea
Learned borrowing from Latin asphodelus, from Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos). Doublet of daffodil.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
badër
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Bulgarian:
бял бърдун
(bjal bǎrdun)
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Catalan:
asfòdel
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Catalan:
porrassa
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Catalan:
albó
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Catalan:
caramuixa
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Catalan:
gamó
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Chinese Mandarin:
常春花
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Chinese Mandarin:
日光蘭 /日光兰
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Finnish:
soihtu
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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French:
asphodèle
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Galician:
abrótea
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Galician:
gamón
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Gallurese:
tarabùcchjulu
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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German:
Affodil
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Greek:
ασφόδελος
(asfódelos)
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Ancient Greek:
ἀσφόδελος
(asphódelos)
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Hebrew:
עִירִית
('irít)
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Hungarian:
aszfodélosz
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Hungarian:
genyőte
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Irish:
lus caisil
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Italian:
asfodelo
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Latin:
asphodelus
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Latin:
hērōum
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Latin:
albutium
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Polish:
asfodel
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Polish:
chryzantema
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Polish:
złocień
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Polish:
złotogłów
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Portuguese:
asfódelo
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Romanian:
asfodel
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Russian:
асфоде́ль
(asfodɛ́lʹ)
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Russian:
златоцве́тник
(zlatocvétnik)
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Campidanese Sardinian:
cardilloni
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Campidanese Sardinian:
erbùtzu
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Campidanese Sardinian:
scrarìa
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Sardinian:
armuttu
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Sardinian:
iscrarèya
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Sardinian:
pramuttu
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Sardinian:
senàbre
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Sassarese:
usciaréu
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Serbo-Croatian:
зла̏тоглав
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Serbo-Croatian:
асфо̀дел
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Serbo-Croatian:
бр̏ден
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Serbo-Croatian:
zlȁtoglav
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Serbo-Croatian:
asfòdel
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Serbo-Croatian:
bȑden
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Sicilian:
malaguffa
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Sicilian:
mafalufa
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Spanish:
asfódelo
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Spanish:
gamón
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Turkish:
çiriş otu
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
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Ottoman Turkish:
چریش اوتی
(çiriş otu)
— plant of the genus Asphodelus
