As'pho-del, n.

n. [Lat. asphodelus, Gr. ἀσφόδελος. Cf. Skr. sphut, to burst asunder, to open, of flowers.]

(Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Asphodelus, cultivated for the beauty of its flowers.

Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. Milton.