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Noun: genus Asphodelus
  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
    - Asphodelus

Type of: liliid monocot genus

Part of: family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family