Definition of Coast lily

1. Noun. Orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States.

Exact synonyms: Lilium Maritinum
Generic synonyms: Lily

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coast Lily

coast
coast-to-coast
coast banksia
coast boykinia
coast fox
coast guard
coast guards
coast lily (current term)
coast live oak
coast polypody
coast rat
coast redwood
coast rhododendron
coast white cedar
coastal
coastal diving bird
coastal motor boat
coastal motor boats
coastal plain
coastal rein orchid
coastal squeeze
coastally

Literary usage of Coast lily

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

1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"coast lily. Lilium maritimum, Kell. Lily Family. Bulb. ... The little coast lily is found most abundantly in the black peat bogs of Mendocino County, ..."

2. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"coast lily. Steins 1 to 4 ft. high with alternate "r rarely whorled leaves; bulb rhizomatous; leaves narrowly oblanceolate or linear, 1 to 5 in. long and 3 ..."

3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1818)
"... (the Cape-coast lily of our Nurserymen) not yet figured in the Botanical Magazine ; and A. dis- ticha, No. ..."

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