The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ASPHODEL
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More clues leading to the result ASPHODEL
- Plant key behind reptile house
- Lily has a special house key
- A brick-carrier cuts short period in plant
- In old heaps, wild flower
- Plant takes a short while to camouflage brick container
- Plant key beneath reptile house
- Flowering plant acquired from shop, deal negotiated
- Lops head off flower
- Plant in hole with spade, not all nuts
- Lops head off plant
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What does ASPHODEL mean?
ASPHODEL noun- Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
- The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.