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Definition of Fawn lily

1. Noun. California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged.

Definition of Fawn lily

1. Noun. Any of various plants in the Liliaceae genus ''Erythronium'', also called trout lily and dog's tooth violet. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fawn Lily

Literary usage of Fawn 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)
"Personally, I am inclined to favor Mr. Burroughs's suggestion of "fawn-lily." It is both appropriate and pretty. The two erect leaves are like the ears of a ..."

2. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"(a) The fawn lily, Erythronium americanum.—This species may be examined as ... The leaves of the fawn lily spring from deep-seated bulbs that are formed in ..."

3. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"fawn lily," he thinks, would be appropriate, because a fawn is also mottled, and because the two leaves stand up with the alert, startled look of a fawn's ..."

4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
""Trout lily," "fawn lily" and trout; flower" are book names of recent origin invented by sentimentalists who may dislike to associate these handsome flowers ..."

5. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"A fawn is spotted, too, and " fawn-lily " would be better than "adder's-tongue." Still better is the name "trout- lily," which has recently been proposed ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
""A fawn is spotted, too, and 'fawn-lily' would be better than adder's-tongue. Still better is the name ' trout-lily,' which has recently been proposed for ..."

7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
""A fawn is spotted, too, and 'fawn-lily' would be better than adder's-tongue. Still better is the name ' trout-lily,' which has recently been proposed for ..."

8. The Inland Educator by Francis M. Stalker, Charles Madison Curry, Walter W. Storms (1896)
"Mr. Burroughs has suggested two pretty and significant names, ' fawn lily,' he thinks would be appropriate because a fawn is also mottled, and because the ..."

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