african lily

  • 61kudu lily — noun South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics • Syn: ↑impala lily, ↑mock azalia, ↑desert rose, ↑Adenium obesum, ↑Adenium multiflorum •… …

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  • 62blue water lily — noun 1. : blue lotus 2. : a blue flowered African water lily (Nymphaea capensis zanzibariensis) …

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  • 63josephine's-lily — noun also josephine lily | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ (plural josephine s lilies also josephine lilies) Usage: usually capitalized J Etymology: after Joséphine de Beauharnais died 1814 empress of France …

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  • 64arum lily — ar|um lil|y [ erəm ,lıli ] noun count or uncount an African plant with a single large white flower …

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  • 65Kaffir lily — noun a South African plant with strap like leaves and star shaped flowers. [Schizostylis coccinea.] …

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  • 66blood lily — noun any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia • Hypernyms: ↑bulbous plant • Hyponyms: ↑Cape tulip, ↑Haemanthus coccineus • Member Holonyms: ↑Haemanthus, ↑genus Haemanthus …

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  • 67cape lily — noun Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: from Cape of Good Hope : a southern African bulbous herb (Crinum longifolium) with showy pinkish red flowers …

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  • 68ceylon lily — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a large tropical Asiatic and African bulbous herb (Crinum zeylanicum) of the amaryllis family having white flowers striped with red …

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  • 69guernsey lily — noun Usage: usually capitalized G : a southern African bulbous plant (Nerine sarniensis) with bright red umbellate flowers that is naturalized on the island of Guernsey and widely cultivated as an ornamental …

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  • 70ifafa lily — ə̇ˈfäfə noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: ifafa from native name in southern Africa : a bulbous scapose southern African herb (Cyrtanthus mackenii) of the family Amaryllidaceae used as an ornamental and having linear leaves and… …

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