bog asphodel

Definitions of bog asphodel

1. noun

   either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
   types:

   European bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum

   of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal

   American bog asphodel, Narthecium americanum

   of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina

   type of:

   liliaceous plant

   plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber