Definition of Canada lily

1. Noun. Common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Canada Lily

Canaanitish
Canachites
Canachites canadensis
Canad.
Canada Day
Canada Dry
Canada anemone
Canada balsam
Canada garlic
Canada geese
Canada ginger
Canada goose
Canada jay
Canada jays
Canada lily (current term)
Canada lynx
Canada moonseed
Canada plum
Canada porcupine
Canada snakeroot
Canada thistle
Canada thistles
Canada turpentine
Canada violet
Canada wild rye
Canadarian
Canadarians
Canadian
Canadian Armed Forces

Literary usage of Canada lily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ten New England Blossoms and Their Insect Visitors by Clarence Moores Weed (1895)
"IX THE Canada lily To meet the case of insects which love the dusk, many flowers are colored white ; for those which move about at night and cannot see at ..."

2. The Swiss Cross by Agassiz Association (1887)
"Of these, the Lilium Philadelphicum, or erect red one, blooms first, followed at once by the yellow, nodding Canada lily. After these, comes the turk's-cap, ..."

3. The Flower Beautiful by Clarence Moores Weed (1903)
"The shape of the flowers in this species is very similar to that of the Canada lily, but instead of hanging vertically downward they are held horizontally, ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"Li li u in canadense L. ssp. canadense Canada lily Herbaceous perennial Wet meadows, moist woods and thickets. Lilium canadense L. ssp. ..."

5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Li Hum canadense L. ssp. canadense Canada lily Herbaceous perennial Wet ... Wherry Canada lily Herbaceous perennial Woods, swamps, bogs and stream banks. ..."

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