The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asphodelus \Asphodelus\ n.
   1. 1 small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with
      grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or
      panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in
      family Asphodelaceae.

   Syn: genus Asphodelus.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Asphodelus
    n 1: small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with
         grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles;
         Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family
         Asphodelaceae [syn: Asphodelus, genus Asphodelus]