| 释义 | bog asphodel noun[ C or U ]
 uk /ˌbɒɡ ˈæs.fə.del/ us /ˌbɑːɡ ˈæs.fə.del/
 a plant with yellow star-shaped flowers that grows on wet soil:
 As we tramped over the boggy moorlands, we saw clumps of bog asphodel and cotton grass.
 Bog asphodels used to be used as a dye for cloth and hair.
 The flowers of the bog asphodel appear from June to August, and the plants continue to provide colour in autumn with their deep orange fruit.
 Bog asphodel is a pretty little plant that you can often see flowering between clumps of sphagnum moss.
 Bog asphodel can be found widely in the north and west of the UK and in Ireland.
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