- asphodel - any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
--1 is a kind of liliaceous plant
--1 is a member of Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family
--1 has particulars: Jacob's rod; king's spear, yellow asphodel, Asphodeline lutea