Meaning & use
asphodels
Last updated
Plural of 'asphodel': tall flowering plants of the lily family, bearing spikes of white or yellow star-shaped blossoms, long associated in Greek mythology with the fields of the dead.
See it in a sentence
Fields of asphodels grew wild across the rocky Mediterranean hillside.
In the poem, the souls wander among pale asphodels in the underworld's meadow.
A note on using this word
In ancient Greek mythology, the 'Asphodel Meadows' were a region of the underworld reserved for ordinary souls, neither heroic nor wicked, giving the flower a lasting literary association with death and memory.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “asphodels”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.