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liliaceous, a.|lɪlɪˈeɪʃəs| Also 8 erron. lilaceous. [f. L. līliāceus, f. līlium lily: see -aceous.] Pertaining to, or characteristic of, lilies or the family Liliaceæ; lily-like.
1731Bailey vol. II, Liliaceous, of, pertaining to, or like lilies, of the lily kind. 1775Masson in Phil. Trans. LXVI. 285 [A flower] of the lilaceous kind, with a long spike of pendulous flowers, of a greenish azure colour..(this is ixia viridis). 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. i. (1794) 25 The calyx..is wanting in the greater part of the liliaceous tribe. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. ii. (1852) 32 The large liliaceous plants which shaded the streamlets. a1856H. Miller Test. Rocks ii. (1857) 95 Aquatic plants and liliaceous roots. |