noun
small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
• Syn: ↑Asphodelus
• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family
Useful english dictionary. 2012.