SCOTCH ASPHODEL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

False asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe

Synonyms:

Scotch asphodel; Tofieldia pusilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Scotch asphodel" is a kind of...):

false asphodel (a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers)

Holonyms ("Scotch asphodel" is a member of...):

genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)