bog asphodel or bog-as·pho·del (bôg  sf -d l , b g-)n. Any of several perennial herbs of the genus Narthecium in the lily family, native to boggy areas in northern temperate regions and having grasslike leaves and clusters of yellow flowers. |
bog asphodel
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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
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| Noun | 1. | bog asphodel - either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber genus Narthecium, Narthecium - bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae European bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum - of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal American bog asphodel, Narthecium americanum - of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina |
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