Definition of Lilium

1. Noun. Type genus of Liliaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Lilium
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Lily, Lilium Auratum, Mountain Lily

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lilium

Likud
Lil
Lila
Lilah
Lilia
Liliales
Lilian
Lilian Alicia Marks
Liliana
Lilianna
Lilias
Lilibet
Liliidae
Liliopsida
Lilith
Lilium (current term)
Lilium auratum
Lilium canadense
Lilium candidum
Lilium catesbaei
Lilium columbianum
Lilium lancifolium
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium maritinum
Lilium martagon
Lilium michiganense
Lilium pardalinum
Lilium philadelphicum
Lilium superbum
Liliuokalani

Literary usage of Lilium

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

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"COULTER and CHAMBERLAIN' state that they have observed two preparations of Lilium philadelphicum showing respectively three and five ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"Besides starch the bulbs of members of the genus Lilium contain another reserve ... Lilium, however, did not respond to the microchemical tests used there, ..."

3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"The finest of these is, perhaps, Lilium auratum. ... Lilium Canadense is a showy summer - blooming species, with nodding yellow or orange flowers spotted ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Common White L., Lilium candidum. ï)ay L., the blue and white ones are ... St. Joseph's L., Lilium candidum. Tiger L., Lilium tigrinum. ..."

5. Leaders in Homœopathic Therapeutics by Eugene Beauharnais Nash (1899)
"Lilium TIGRINUM Is one of the remedies that closely resembles Sepia in its action on the uterine organs. This symptom, for instance, " weight, with feeling ..."

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