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Definition of Easter lily
1. Noun. Tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring.
Definition of Easter lily
1. Noun. Any of various flowers associated with Easter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Easter Lily
Literary usage of Easter lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Easter by William Croswell Doane (1910)
"An Easter lily *o ^ <o *c> ^ -c AFTER long months of slumber brown and sere, It
dreams that April's smile is bending near, And stirs, and from its withered ..."
2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1883)
"This is an improved edition of the folding" Easter lily," published two years
ago, which proved such a great success, and for which we could not then supply ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"This is an improved edition of the folding** Easter lily," published two years
a?o, which proved such a great success, and for which we could not then ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1903)
"Easter lily Bulbs.—It is perhaps well known that the supply of Lil- ium Harrisii
bulbs is grown in the Bermudas, and in the haste to market the crop the ..."
5. The Silver-Burdett Readers by Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet (1906)
"TOM'S Easter lily. bootblack circus dark feel corner extra lilies week money
fifty beauty steep Two little bootblacks stood at the corner of the street. ..."
6. The Sprague Classic Readers: Book Three by Sarah E. Sprague (1902)
"The Easter lily is pure white. Its buds are light green. The lily comes from a bulb.
The bulb is sphere-shaped. It is not at all beautiful. ..."
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