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    FALSE ASPHODEL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowersplay

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    Nouns denoting plants

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

    liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "false asphodel"):

    Scotch asphodel; Tofieldia pusilla (false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe)

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

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

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