bog asphodel

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noun

any of several plants of the genus Narthecium, of the lily family, having yellowish flowers and growing in boggy places.

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Origin of bog asphodel

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby bog asphodel

Bogalusa, bogan, Bogarde, bogart, Bogart, Humphrey, bog asphodel, Boğazköy, bogbean, bog cotton, bog deal, bog down

How to use bog asphodel in a sentence

The aerial shots were so sharp they could see every bog hole.
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Whoever can stay on offense and avoid the gaffe or the policy bog will have the upper hand in the debate.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Agency can bog down any other agency by encumbering agency rules or policies.
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Intermittent, torrential rain showers turned the rutted, cratered road into a bog of red mud.
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Over the bogs and through the marshes, the madness of despair within him, he heeded not the deep ditches and the bog-pools.
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Hope had gone, dreams were unreal and vanishing as the mist that crawled along the bog-pools at night.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Our trenches are a perfect bog; I shall find some difficulty in getting round them to-night even if we are not driven out of them.
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I strove to creep out into the bog, seeking a footing, but the swamp quaked and the smooth surface trembled like jelly in a bowl.
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He shook himself out of this depressing bog of reflection and went to see Archie Lawanne.
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British Dictionary definitions for bog asphodel

bog asphodel

noun

either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves

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