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KING'S SPEAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
Synonyms:
Asphodeline lutea; king's spear; yellow asphodel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("king's spear" is a kind of...):
asphodel (any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("king's spear" is a member of...):
Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline (genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)
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