| 单词 | queen lily | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen lily   queen lily  n. 		 †(a) (chiefly poetic) a lily (obsolete);		 (b) any of the Central and South American bulbous plants constituting the genus  Phaedranassa (family  Amaryllidaceae), often grown as ornamentals for their umbels of funnel-shaped pink or crimson flowers. ΚΠ 1742    E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 12  				Queen Lilies! and ye painted Populace! Who dwell in Fields, and lead ambrosial lives. 1786    J. West Misc. Poetry 9  				Boast not, queen lily, thy attire of snow; Nor thou, vermillion rose. 1855    Ld. Tennyson Maud  xxi. ix, in  Maud & Other Poems 71  				In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one. 1887    G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening III. 89/1  				Phædranassa (from phaidros, gay, and anassa, a queen; alluding to the beauty of the flowers). Queen Lily... Ord. Amaryllideæ. 1902    T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening 		(ed. 5)	 284  				Phædranassa (Queen Lily)... Warm & cool greenhouse flowering bulbous plants. 2004    N.Y. Times 		(Nexis)	 25 Apr. 14/1  				Lachenalias are fast compared with the queen lily, Phaedranassa dubia, which takes a full year of daily watering before bothering to germinate. < as lemmas | 
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