| 单词 | sand lily |
| 释义 | > as lemmassand lily sand lily n. (a) U.S. a stemless rhizomatous herb, Leucocrinum montanum, belonging to the family Liliaceæ and bearing clusters of fragrant white flowers; (b) a bulbous plant, Pancratium maritimum, belonging to the family Amaryllidaceæ, native to the Mediterranean region, and bearing fragrant white flowers; = sea-daffodil n. at sea n. Compounds 6f. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > sea-daffodil sea-daffodil1597 sea-narcissus1669 sand lily1909 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 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Sand lily, a white-flowered scapose liliaceous plant..of the western United States. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 939/1 Sand Lily..native to plains and mountain valleys from South Dacota and Nebraska west to California. 1951 T. H. Kearney & R. H. Peebles Arizona Flora 177 The star-lily or sand-lily..is to be looked for in northern Arizona. 1956 G. Durrell My Family & Other Animals xvi. 215 The smooth curve of the dune..was the only place on the island [sc. Corfu] where these sand lilies grew, strange, misshapen bulbs buried in the sand, that once a year sent up thick green leaves and white flowers above the surface. 1973 Hitchcock & Cronquist Flora Pacific Northwest 691 Fl[ower]s white, rather showy, borne in clusters... Sand lily, star lily. < as lemmas |
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