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asphodel

as.pho.del \'as-f*-.del\ n [L asphodelus, fr. Gk asphodelos] : any of 
   various Old World usu. perennial herbs (esp. genera Asphodelus  and 
   Asphodeline) of the lily family that bear their flowers in long erect 
   racemes