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Definition of Corn lily
1. Noun. Any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corn Lily
Literary usage of Corn lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Cotyledon Umbilicus, L.— Worc., where the leaves are applied to corns and warts.
Phyt. v. 137. Corn-lily. (1) Convolvulus septum, L.—Yks. (Wakefield). ..."
2. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"Corn Flag. Gladiolus segetum. Corn-flower. Blue. Centaurea Cyanus. Corn-Lily.
Convolvulus amenais and C. Se- pium. Corn-Marigold. Chrysanthemum segetum. ..."
3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"C. arvensis L. Europe and Asia, nat. in US Small Bindweed, Bear-bind, Hedge-bells,
Bell-bind, Corn-lily, Corn-bind, Lap-love, Sheep-blue, Wind, With-wind. b ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kansas, New Mexico and California. Naturalized from
Europe. Native also of Asia. May-Sept. Hedge-bells. Bearbind. Corn-lily. ..."
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