asphodel

noun

as·pho·del | \ ˈas-fə-ˌdel

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Definition of asphodel

: any of various Old World herbs (especially genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline) of the lily family with flowers in usually long erect racemes

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Among them is a native New Jersey blackberry bush that grows in Cape May, and a bog asphodel, which grows only in the Pinelands after populations in Delaware and the Carolinas were wiped out, Snyder said. — USA TODAY, "Rare wildflower blooms in only one place on Earth – New Jersey," 12 May 2017

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The first known use of asphodel was in 1597

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