false asphodel

/fɔls ˌæsfəˈdɛl/
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Other forms: false asphodels

Definitions of false asphodel
  1. noun
    a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
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    types:
    Scotch asphodel, Tofieldia pusilla
    false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
    type of:
    liliaceous plant
    plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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