Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of lilies, or plants of the order Liliaceæ; lily-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.
- adjective Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany of the
Liliaceae family , which contains thelily ,tulip andhyacinth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Liliaceae
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Examples
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n. - kind of liliaceous plant; daffodil; Literature, flower of the Elysian fields. bog asphodel, British grass-like moorland plant. asportation
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Herbert found some new ones, among others some which Pencroft called “sham leeks”; for, in spite of their size, they were of the same liliaceous family as the onion, chive, shallot, or asparagus.
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Herbert found some new ones, among others some which Pencroft called “sham leeks”; for, in spite of their size, they were of the same liliaceous family as the onion, chive, shallot, or asparagus.
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The sides of the valley were here nearly precipitous; but, as frequently happens with stratified rocks, small ledges projected, which were thickly covered by wild bananas, liliaceous plants, and other luxuriant productions of the tropics.
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There was the wild yam, and a liliaceous plant called Ti, which grows in abundance, and has a soft brown root, in shape and size like a huge log of wood: this served us for dessert, for it is as sweet as treacle, and with a pleasant taste.
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The air was delightfully cool and fragrant; and the drops of dew still glittered on the leaves of the large liliaceous plants, which shaded the streamlets of clear water.
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There was the wild yam, and a liliaceous plant called Ti, which grows in abundance, and has a soft brown root, in shape and size like a huge log of wood: this served us for dessert, for it is as sweet as treacle, and with a pleasant taste.
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About five miles further south, the perfume from the liliaceous banks of the river was the first indication of its vicinity.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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The sides of the valley were here nearly precipitous; but, as frequently happens with stratified rocks, small ledges projected, which were thickly covered by wild bananas, liliaceous plants, and other luxuriant productions of the tropics.
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The air was delightfully cool and fragrant; and the drops of dew still glittered on the leaves of the large liliaceous plants, which shaded the streamlets of clear water.
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