| genus Asphodeline 
 
 genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes;
 Mediterranean region to Caucasus;
 sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
 • Syn:
 Asphodeline
 • Hypernyms:
 liliid monocot genus
 • Member Holonyms:
 Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family
 • Member Meronyms:
 Jacob's rod, king's spear, yellow asphodel, Asphodeline lutea
 
 
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