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Definition of Meadow lily
1. Noun. Common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown.
Generic synonyms: Lily
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meadow Lily
Literary usage of Meadow lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"For, here, too, we may search for the purple flag and fringed orchis, the yellow
meadow lily, the pink swamp milkweed, each charming in its way, ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1915)
"M. [If the wood lily varies from red to yellow, this would seem to be an added
indication that the meadow lily's change of color is not a specific character ..."
3. A Guide to the Wild Flowers by Alice Lounsberry (1899)
"Of about fifty species of the north temperate zone, the meadow lily is one of
... is very slight in its variations from the meadow lily ; although a still ..."
4. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1850)
"Dr. Torrey calls it the " Wild yellow Lily." The second kind is indigenous in
Western New- York, and might properly be termed the Sed meadow lily. ..."
5. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1850)
"Some years ago I introduced the Bronze meadow lily into my garden; but the soil
seemed ungenial, as it grew less thriftily than the Red variety; ..."
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