mountain lilyn.
/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈlɪli/, U.S. /ˌmaʊnt(ə)n ˈlɪli/ΘΚΠ
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
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 150 Lilium montanum maius. The great mountaine Lilly.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. 33 The first is usually called Martagon Imperiale, the Imperiall Martagon, and is Lilium Montanum maius, the greatest Mountaine Lilly.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 69 in Sylva June..Flowers in Prime..Campions or Sultans, Mountain Lillies white, red.
1718 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens (ed. 2) Index to 1st Bk. Martagon, or Mountain-Lilly.
2. New Zealand. A plant with large, dark green leaves and white flowers, Ranunculus lyalli (family Ranunculaceae), native to southern New Zealand.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Ranunculaceae
aconitum1551
frog-wort1562
fair maid of France1823
starve-acre1855
mountain lily1880
trollius1899
1880 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1879 12 331 Prominent..are..the mountain lily (Ranunculus lyalli), and many other species of the same genus.
1910 E. H. Grossman Heart of Bush 30 Mountain lilies and daisies and the Alps themselves were too delightful to be resisted.
a1948 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 387 Mountain, often used..of a species found in the back country, mostly smaller than their down-country relatives, e.g., mountain..lily.
1984 C. Brash Coll. Poems 87 Higher than birds climb from their marble forest The mountain lily nests In shade among scrawled rocks and snow-grass plumes.
3. U.S. The sand lily, Leucocrinum montanum.
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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 > allied flowers
dog's tooth1578
daylily1597
mountain saffron1597
phalangium1608
Savoy spiderwort1629
hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1932 P. A. Rydberg Flora Prairies & Plains Central N. Amer. 215 Mountain Lily..L[eucocrinum] montanum... Hills and plains.
1979 R. Spellenberg Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Wildflowers, W. Region 584 Mountain Lily..Leucocrinum montanum... With its flowers nestled among the leaves, this distinctive little Lily is unmistakable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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