asphŏdĕlus (-ĭlus, Pall. 1, 37, 2), i, m., = ἀσφόδελος,
the asphodel , a kind of lily-shaped plant with many tubercles at the root : Asphodelus ramosus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 108 sqq. (acc. to Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 84, in pure Lat., albutium).