Noun

1. Flowering plants of the Asphodelaceae family, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
2. The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.

   Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank,

   Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowr'd

   He led her nothing loath; Flours were the Couch,

   Pansies, and Violets, and Asphodel,

   And Hyacinth, Earths freshest softest lap. -- John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9.