lily-flowern.
/ˈlɪlɪˌflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈlɪliˌflaʊər/ The flower of the (white) lily; occasionally the heraldic fleur-de-lis.
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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
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 230 My lemman is ase þe lylye amang þe þornes... Þis lilye flour lokeþ his uayrhede amang þe þornes of uondingges of þe ulesse.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 161 A garlond..of rose leuys Stekid al with lylye flourys newe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 25630 Þar þu lay in þi bright boure, Leuedi! quite als leli floure.
c1440 York Myst. xii. 91 Þe lelly floure full faire of hewe.
1612 J. Webster White Divel v. sig. L2 (stage direct.) A pot of lilly flowers.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 56 The smoothswarded bower, Lustrous with lilyflower.
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