bog asphodel
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English
Noun
bog asphodel (plural bog asphodels)
- A yellow-flowered perennial, of species Narthecium ossifragum, found in wet open areas of western Europe, and bearing orange fruits formerly used as a food coloring.
- 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 20:
- As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]
- Related species found elsewhere, such as Narthecium americanum and Narthecium californicum