bog asphodel

noun

1. any of several plants of the genus Narthecium, of the lily family, having yellowish flowers and growing in boggy places.

bog asphodel

noun

1. either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves

Word History and Origins

Origin of bog asphodel¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The very plants were unknown to them—pink lousewort with its sprays of hooked flowers, bog asphodel and the thin-stemmed blooms of the sundews, rising above their hairy, fly-catching mouths, all shut fast by night.

From Literature

The sandy elevations are golden with tormintilla; a richer gold is that which lies below, where the marsh glows with bog asphodel.

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