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Definition: Asphodel |
AsphodelNoun1. Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "asphodel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
Etymology: Asphodel \As"pho*del\, noun. [Latin expression asphodelus. See Daffodil.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus, Liliaceae) is the flower said to fill the plains of Hades. Considering it the favourite food of the dead, the ancients often planted it near graves.The Bog Asphodel, Narthecium americanum, also belongs to the Liliaceae. It has grass-like leaves and a stalk about 40 cm tall with small yellow flowers.
The False Asphodel, Tofieldia racemosa and other species, with small white flowers, also belongs to the Liliaceae.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Asphodel."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Asphodel |
| English words defined with "asphodel": Affodill, Asphodeline lutea ♦ Jacob's rod ♦ king's spear ♦ Marsh asphodel ♦ Scotch asphodel ♦ Tofieldia pusilla ♦ yellow asphodel. (references) |
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| "Asphodel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Asphodel" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "asphodel": american bog asphodel ♦ bog asphodel ♦ european bog asphodel ♦ false asphodel ♦ Marsh asphodel ♦ Scotch asphodel ♦ yellow asphodel. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
asphodel | 13 |
asphodel plantation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "asphodel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | البروق نبات من الفصيلة الزنبقية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неувяхващо цвете в рая, асфодел, бърдун. (various references) | |
Dutch | affodil. (various references) | |
Esperanto | asfodelo. (various references) | |
French | asphodèle. (various references) | |
German | asphodelus. (various references) | |
Greek | ασφόδελοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | aszfodélosz. (various references) | |
Italian | asfodelo. (various references) | |
Manx | lus ny merriu. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | asphodelay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | asfódelo. (various references) | |
Russian | асфодель. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zlatoglav. (various references) | |
Spanish | asfódelo. (various references) | |
Turkish | cennetteki ölümsüz çiçek, çirişotu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | асфодель. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "asphodel": asphodels. (additional references) | |
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"Asphodel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arseholed, ashmodai, Ashpitel, Asphodeline. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "asphodel" (pronounced 'As"pho*del'): Aludel, Citadel, Coromandel, Del, Muskadel, rondel, roundel. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-l-o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: deposal, pedalos, plashed, shoaled. | |
-2 letters: aholds, aldose, alephs, aslope, dholes, ephods, haloed, haloes, haoles, hasped, lapsed, lashed, padles, pashed, pedalo, pedals, phased, pleads, shaled, shaped, sloped, soaped. | |
-3 letters: ahold, aleph, aloes, apods, ashed, dahls, dales, deals, deash, dhals, dhole, doles, dopas, dopes, ephas, ephod, hades, haled, hales, halos, haole, heads, heals, heaps, helos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-l-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: asphodels, plowheads. | |
+2 letters: diplophase, haploidies, hexaploids, sphenoidal, spheroidal. | |
+3 letters: acidophiles, audiophiles, cephalopods, diadelphous, diplophases, drosophilae, hydroplanes, methyldopas, pedophilias. | |
+4 letters: accomplished, haloperidols, hexaploidies, hospitalised, hospitalized, monadelphous, phylloclades, placeholders, spheroidally. | |
+5 letters: amphiploidies, chlamydospore, diencephalons, hydrocephalus, landownership, procathedrals. | |
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