What does "asphodel" mean?

Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.

Asphodel

Common synonyms include: flowering plant genus, mythical plant, ornamental plant name, symbolic plant.

/ˈæsfədɛl/ name, noun

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Noun

1
Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants. uncountable, usually
"Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous rock-roses, juniper, ilex, yellow and white asphodel [translating asphodèles]."
2
any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers wordnet
3
The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead. Greek, uncountable, usually
"Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank, Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowr'd He led her nothing loath; Flours were the Couch, Pansies, and Violets, and Asphodel, And Hyacinth, Earths freshest softest lap."

Proper Noun

1
A former township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, merged into Asphodel-Norwood township in 1998.

"The plant, we call it asphodel and its stem, the flower stalk."

From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos). Doublet of daffodil.