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bog asphodel

DEFINITIONS OF: bog asphodel

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n either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions

Types:
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
Type of:
liliaceous plant
plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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