asphodeln.

/ˈasfəʊdɪl/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s asphodill.

Etymology: < Latin asphodilus, asphodelus, < Greek ἀσϕόδελος , of unknown origin. The earlier form ( < medieval Latin affodillus ) was affodil (affodill n.), whence daffodil n.

Botany.

a. A genus of liliaceous plants with very handsome flowers, mostly natives of the south of Europe. The White Asphodel or King's Spear covers large tracts of land in Apulia, where its leaves afford good nourishment to sheep. From the genus the order has sometimes been called Asphodeleæ.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > asphodels

affodill1440

daffodilly1538

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onion asphodel1597

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Scotch asphodel1771

ten o'clock1826

bog asphodel1881

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 649 This herbe is called in Greke ἀσϕόδελος; in shops Affodilus..in English also Affodyl and Daffodyll.]

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 85 To shew vnto you the sundry sorts of Asphodils..Dioscorides maketh mention but of one Asphodill: but Plinie setteth downe two.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 128 Asphodel hath a property to chase away mice and rats.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues , Asphodile [Fr.] The Daffadill, Affodill, or Asphodill flower; also the root or bulbes thereof.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 39 The Root is like the Asphodel, and yields..Salt and Oil.

1859 G. Rawlinson tr. Herodotus Hist. III. iv. cxc. 169 Dwellings..made of the stems of the asphodel, and of rushes, wattled together.

1877 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ugo Bassi i. 51 The moonlight spires Of asphodel rose out of glossy tufts In straight white armies.

b. By the poets made an immortal flower, and said to cover the Elysian meads. (Cf. Homer Odyss. XI. 539 Ἀσϕοδελὸς λειμών.)

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the world > plants > [noun] > imaginary or fabulous

amarant1623

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sukebind1932

1637 J. Milton Comus 29 To imbathe In nectar'd lavers strewd with asphodil.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 61 The dead are made to eat Asphodels about the Elyzian medows.

1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 5 Happy Souls who dwell In Yellow Meads of Asphodel, Or Amaranthine Bowers.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song (rev. ed.) viii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 184 Others in Elysian valleys dwell, Resting weary limbs at last on beds of asphodel.

1854 H. W. Longfellow Two Angels in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 416 He, who wore the crown of asphodels, Descending, at my door began to knock.

c. attributive (sometimes = ‘Elysian’.)

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the world > plants > [adjective] > imaginary or fabulous

amaranthine1667

asphodel1833

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of or relating to paradise > Elysian

Elysian1622

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asphodelian1854

1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 681/1 Is that a real Elysian brightness..Is it of a truth leading us into beatific Asphodel meadows?

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. iv. 149 Hereafter crown us with asphodel flowers.

1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 37 In their race through the asphodel meadows of their youth.

2. With qualifications, popularly applied to several other plants:

a. Bog, English, or Lancashire Asphodel ( Narthecium ossifragum), common on moorlands in Britain.

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1834 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. 106 I found the English Asphodel, And the spring and autumn Gentian.

1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 145 Marsh Asphodel.

†b. Bulbous Asphodel, a species of Ornithogalum or ‘Star of Bethlehem’ ( O. pyrenaicum). Obsolete.

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1599 J. Gerard Catal. Arborum (rev. ed.) 3 Asphodelus bulbosus, Bulbous Asphodill..Asphodelus Lancastriensis, Lancashire Asphodill.

c. False Asphodel, in America, a species of Tofieldia.

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1889 Cent. Dict. I. 341 False Asphodel.

d. Scotch Asphodel ( Tofieldia palustris), a British subalpine plant.

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1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 190 In swampy spots clustered the white heads of the mountain asphodel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	asphodel
释义	asphodeln. /ˈasfəʊdɪl/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s asphodill. Etymology: < Latin asphodilus, asphodelus, < Greek ἀσϕόδελος , of unknown origin. The earlier form ( < medieval Latin affodillus ) was affodil (affodill n.), whence daffodil n. Botany. 1. a. A genus of liliaceous plants with very handsome flowers, mostly natives of the south of Europe. The White Asphodel or King's Spear covers large tracts of land in Apulia, where its leaves afford good nourishment to sheep. From the genus the order has sometimes been called Asphodeleæ. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > asphodels affodill1440 daffodilly1538 daffodil1548 asphodel1597 king's spear1597 onion asphodel1597 knavery1640 frodils1674 Scotch asphodel1771 ten o'clock1826 bog asphodel1881 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 649 This herbe is called in Greke ἀσϕόδελος; in shops Affodilus..in English also Affodyl and Daffodyll.] 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 85 To shew vnto you the sundry sorts of Asphodils..Dioscorides maketh mention but of one Asphodill: but Plinie setteth downe two. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 128 Asphodel hath a property to chase away mice and rats. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues , Asphodile [Fr.] The Daffadill, Affodill, or Asphodill flower; also the root or bulbes thereof. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 39 The Root is like the Asphodel, and yields..Salt and Oil. 1859 G. Rawlinson tr. Herodotus Hist. III. iv. cxc. 169 Dwellings..made of the stems of the asphodel, and of rushes, wattled together. 1877 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ugo Bassi i. 51 The moonlight spires Of asphodel rose out of glossy tufts In straight white armies. b. By the poets made an immortal flower, and said to cover the Elysian meads. (Cf. Homer Odyss. XI. 539 Ἀσϕοδελὸς λειμών.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [noun] > imaginary or fabulous amarant1623 asphodel1637 haemony1637 sukebind1932 1637 J. Milton Comus 29 To imbathe In nectar'd lavers strewd with asphodil. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 61 The dead are made to eat Asphodels about the Elyzian medows. 1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 5 Happy Souls who dwell In Yellow Meads of Asphodel, Or Amaranthine Bowers. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song (rev. ed.) viii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 184 Others in Elysian valleys dwell, Resting weary limbs at last on beds of asphodel. 1854 H. W. Longfellow Two Angels in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 416 He, who wore the crown of asphodels, Descending, at my door began to knock. c. attributive (sometimes = ‘Elysian’.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [adjective] > imaginary or fabulous amaranthine1667 asphodel1833 the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of or relating to paradise > Elysian Elysian1622 asphodel1833 asphodelian1854 1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 681/1 Is that a real Elysian brightness..Is it of a truth leading us into beatific Asphodel meadows? 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. iv. 149 Hereafter crown us with asphodel flowers. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 37 In their race through the asphodel meadows of their youth. 2. With qualifications, popularly applied to several other plants: a. Bog, English, or Lancashire Asphodel ( Narthecium ossifragum), common on moorlands in Britain. ΚΠ 1834 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. 106 I found the English Asphodel, And the spring and autumn Gentian. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 145 Marsh Asphodel. †b. Bulbous Asphodel, a species of Ornithogalum or ‘Star of Bethlehem’ ( O. pyrenaicum). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1599 J. Gerard Catal. Arborum (rev. ed.) 3 Asphodelus bulbosus, Bulbous Asphodill..Asphodelus Lancastriensis, Lancashire Asphodill. c. False Asphodel, in America, a species of Tofieldia. ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. I. 341 False Asphodel. d. Scotch Asphodel ( Tofieldia palustris), a British subalpine plant. ΚΠ 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 190 In swampy spots clustered the white heads of the mountain asphodel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1597
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