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asphodel
/ˈæsfədɛl/
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What does asphodel mean?
noun
- Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.
- The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
proper noun
- A former township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, merged into Asphodel-Norwood township in 1998.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæsfədɛl/
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And rest at last where souls unbodied dwell In ever-flowing meads of Asphodel.
Son of the Morning, we Had kept you thankfully; But yours the asphodel: Hail, singer, and farewell!
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I have grazed upon the fields of asphodel.
The tints of the green carpet deepened; and when, one by one, the white daisies shrank away, there sprang up in place of them, ten by ten of the ruby-red asphodel.
What time the poet hath hymned The writhing maid, lithe-limbed, Quivering on amaranthine asphodel, How can he paint her woes, Knowing, as well he knows, That all can be set right with calomel?