English-Thai Dictionary

asphodel

N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง  daffodil pued-cha-nid-nueng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASPHODEL

n.[L. and Gr. See Theoph.] King's-spear; a genus of lilaceous plants, cultivated for the beauty of their flowers. The ancients planted asphodels near graves, to supply the names of the dead with nourishment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASPHODEL

As "pho *del, n. Etym: [L. asphodelus, Gr. Daffodil. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

 

Note: The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets is supposed to be the Narcissus poeticus. Dr. Prior. Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

asphodel

as pho del |ˈasfəˌdel ˈæsfədɛl | ▶noun 1 a Eurasian plant of the lily family, typically having long slender leaves and flowers borne on a spike. [Genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, family Liliaceae. See also bog asphodel . ] 2 literary an immortal flower said to grow in the Elysian fields. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek asphodelos; compare with daffodil .

 

Oxford Dictionary

asphodel

asphodel |ˈasfədɛl | ▶noun 1 a Eurasian plant of the lily family, typically having long slender leaves and flowers borne on a spike. ●Genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, family Liliaceae. See also bog asphodel . 2 literary an everlasting flower said to grow in the Elysian fields. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek asphodelos; compare with daffodil .

 

Duden Dictionary

Asphodelus

As pho de lus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Asph o delus |der Asphodelus; Genitiv: des Asphodelus, Plural: die Asphodelus griechisch-neulateinisch Affodill

 

French Dictionary

asphodèle

asphodèle n. m. nom masculin Plante de la famille des liliacées à fleurs blanches. Note Technique Attention au genre masculin de ce nom: un asphodèle.