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Asphodelus

Asphodelus \Asphodelus\ n. 1. 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.

Syn: genus Asphodelus.

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Asphodelus

Asphodelus is a genus of mainly perennial plants first described for modern science in 1753. The genus is native to temperate Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent, and now naturalized in other places ( New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, southwestern United States, etc.).

Asphodels are popular garden plants, which grow in well-drained soils with abundant natural light. Now placed in the family Asphodelaceae, the genus was formerly included in the lily family (Liliaceae).

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He immediately put fifty heroes on board a ship made out of one large piece of the asphodelus, with orders to pursue them.