English
white asphodel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68 : Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. )
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος ( asphódelos ) . Doublet of daffodil .
Pronunciation
Noun
asphodel (usually uncountable , plural asphodels )
Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae , especially Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68 : Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. and Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68 : Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. ; the flowers of these plants.
( Greek mythology ) The flower said to carpet Hades , and a favorite food of the dead.
1674 , John Milton , Paradise Lost , Book 9:
Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank,
Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowr'd
He led her nothing loath; Flours were the Couch,
Pansies, and Violets, and Asphodel ,
And Hyacinth, Earths freshest softest lap.
Translations
plant of the genus Asphodelus
Bulgarian: бял бърдун ( bjal bǎrdun )
Catalan: asfòdel , porrassa , albó , caramuixa , gamó
Chinese:
Mandarin: 常春花 , 日光蘭 / 日光兰
Finnish: soihtu (fi)
French: asphodèle (fr) m
Galician: abrótea (gl) f , gamón m
Gallurese: tarabùcchjulu
German: Affodil m
Greek:
Ancient: ἀσφόδελος m ( asphódelos )
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Irish: lus caisil m
Italian: asfodelo (it) m
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Latin: asphodelus m , hērōum n , albutium n
Polish: złotogłów (pl) m
Portuguese: asfódelo m
Romanian: asfodel n
Russian: асфоде́ль (ru) f ( asfodɛ́lʹ ) , златоцве́тник m ( zlatocvétnik )
Sardinian:
Campidanese: cardilloni , erbùtzu , scrarìa
Logudorese: armuttu , iscrarèya , pramuttu , senàbre
Sassarese: usciaréu
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зла̏тоглав m , асфо̀дел m , бр̏ден m
Roman: zlȁtoglav (sh) m , asfòdel (sh) m , bȑden (sh) m
Spanish: asfódelo m , gamón m
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