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asphodel
asphodel , name for plants of several genera of the family Lilaceae ( lily family). The true asphodels belong to two small and very similar genera ( Asphodelus and Asphodeline ) of the Mediterranean region and India. The showy flower spike of the former is usually white; of the latter, yellow.... Read more |
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daffodil
daffodil in poetry, the bright yellow flowers of the daffodil are associated with the approach of spring. The name is recorded from the mid 16th century and comes from late Middle English affodill (the initial d- is unexplained), from medieval Latin affodilus, a variant of Latin asphodilus (see... Read more |
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Hades
Hades , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology. 1 The ruler of the underworld: see Pluto . 2 The world of the dead, ruled by Pluto and Persephone, located either underground or in the far west beyond the inhabited regions. It was separated from the land of the living by the rivers Styx... Read more |
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Robert Ranke Graves
Robert Ranke Graves 1895-1985, English poet, novelist, and critic; son of Alfred Percival Graves . He established his reputation with Good-bye to All That (1929), an outspoken book on his war experiences. A versatile and highly prolific writer, Graves considered himself primarily a poet; his... Read more |
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asphodel
asphodel •Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle...Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel... |
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daffodil
daffodil †asphodel; plant of the genus Narcissus. XIV. Alt. (with unexpl. d-) of †affodil (XV–XVII) — med L. affodillus, prob. a book-perversion of *asfodillus, var. of L. asphodilus, -elus ASPHODEL. |
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Adele
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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artel
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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bagatelle
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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barbell
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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bluebell
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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Buñuel
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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Chanel
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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Christabel
...cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel... |
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Asphodel.(Brief Article)
...in the Beinecke Library is H.D.'s Asphodel, a roman a clef drafted in 1921-22...autobiographical episodes; the material in Asphodel overlaps with the "War I" material...and the birth of her daughter Perdita, Asphodel chronicles the shifting triangles of... |
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Asphodel to become exclusive golf community
...golf course development slated for the Asphodel Plantation in Jackson. The developer...300 acres of land for the development. Asphodel Plantation, which sits on 150 acres...community that would be about a mile from Asphodel Club. Leone said that the Felicianas... |
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Giant Asphodel.(Brief Article)(Poem)(Illustration)
GIANT ASPHODEL for William Carlos Williams I wonder which parts of me that I do not know will die with...ego which is blocking the view my mind strains to see. My yard certainly has the biggest asphodel in the whole of the street. |
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Asphodel.(Poem)
...has become wildflower--pipewort, she thinks, or carrion wort, depending--false Solomon's seal, nodding mandarin, asphodel. A ziggurat of marzipan, perhaps, she asks, producing a delicate smoked salmon, lifting a gold-plated butterfish to... |
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Iannis Xenakis: Persepolis + Remixes; Asphodel CD
Greek composer Iannis Xenakis had a very colorful background before devoting himself to music, and his works are filled with the same drama and often agonized emotions that ruled his life. He fought the Nazis with the Greek resistance (which left him blind in one eye), collaborated as an architect |
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Dear glutinous false asphodel.(Poem)
Do you mind if I call you that? It's a pretty flower after all--a simple, erect, sticky perennial. I would solicit some blossom for you, and perhaps, spurred by such insult of commerce finally gain a letter from you whom I counted as friend. To stand on the shore and watch the great lake rise and |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Rob Swift THE ABLIST; Asphodel Ltd.
Known more for his agile fingers that can scratch vinyl recordings to produce incredible sounds, Rob (Swift) Aguilar has shown on this album that there is much more to the man. A creative spirit, his sounds are crisp, harkening back to old-school days when DJs and MCs were equal partners. On |
 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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play: LOU REED Metal Machine Music (Asphodel).(Features)
Byline: by Paul Cole, Anuji Varma, Jack Daniels & David Brookes WHEN Reed's Metal Machine Music was first released in 1975, the fans were bemused by the extended feedback squalls, amplifier hums and tortured screeches. It was an atonal album in search of a tune and proved a commercial disaster, |
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DJ SPOOKY THAT SUBLIMINAL KID "Riddim Warfare" Outpost/Asphodel; PLASTILINA...
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid's soundtrack for "Slam" is the best thing about the movie, but without images to accompany the music, his new "Riddim Warfare" is less compelling. This Washington native blends beats and samples with finesse, but that doesn't keep the disc, his second full album, from |
 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Outdoors: The magical bone breaking afair maiden.(Features)
...book that still calls the bog asphodel the Lancashire asphodel. Yet we learn that the local...of Lancashire collected bog asphodel and used it to dye their hair yellow. The second part of the asphodels scientific name is aossifragum... |
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