Bog asphodel

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A yellow-flowered perennial, of species Narthecium ossifragum, found in wet open areas of western Europe, and bearing orange fruits formerly used as a food coloring.

    "As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]"

  2. 2
    either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions wordnet
  3. 3
    Related species found elsewhere, such as Narthecium americanum and Narthecium californicum

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narthecium

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"As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]"

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