asphodelus

1. 1.

   small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae

   Synonymsgenus Asphodelus

   Broaderliliid monocot genus

   Part ofLiliaceae

Other forms of asphodelus

plural

asphodeluses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about asphodelus

What does asphodelus mean?

asphodelus means "small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae".

How many syllables are in asphodelus?

asphodelus has 4 syllables: a-spho-de-lus. The stress falls on "spho".

What is another word for asphodelus?

Close synonyms include genus Asphodelus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asphodelus a common word?

asphodelus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.