liliumn.
/ˈlɪlɪəm/ = lily n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies
lily971
lily-flower1340
martagon1440
delucea1450
red lily1531
purple lily1578
mountain lily1597
gold lily1629
Turk's cap1672
turn-cap1688
Juno's rose1706
orange lily1731
Canada lily1771
Japan lily1813
tiger-lily1824
Annunciation lily1853
Easter lily1860
golden-rayed lily1865
scarlet martagon1867
Japanese lily1870
Madonna lily1877
Bermuda lily1882
thimble lily1883
panther lily1884
triplet lily1884
turban-lily1884
Mary-lily1893
tiger1901
leopard lily1902
lilium1902
swamp lily1902
Washington lily1911
Shasta lily1915
regal lily1916
regale1920
Oregon lily1925
1902 Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 10/1 Of all flowers none are affected by frost so much as roses,..violets, and liliums.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 26 Nov. 12/1 White liliums are fetching 4s. a bunch.
1908 Daily Chron. 29 Feb. 9/1 A stock of anemones, ranunculus, gladiolus, and liliums.
1923 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 786/2 The finest liliums and choice gladioli grow superbly.
1958 M. West Second Victory vi. 91 Hot-house blooms that must have come from a dozen private homes—cyclamen, orchids, liliums and azaleas.
1970 Lily Year Bk. XXXIII. 88 [In Australia] at least four leading lilium nurserymen of a decade ago no longer distribute lilium bulbs in appreciable numbers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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