Easter lily
any of several white-flowered lilies that are artificially brought into bloom in early spring, especially Lilium longiflorum eximium, native to Taiwan and widely cultivated.
Origin of Easter lily
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How to use Easter lily in a sentence
She was as pallid as an Easter-lily; pallid, despite the fact that she had decided, and had nerved herself for his coming.
A Breath of Prairie and other stories | Will LillibridgeCandidum, sometimes called Easter lily, is one of the best known and commonly grown of all the Lilies.
Talks about Flowers. | M. D. WellcomeThis is the only one of its kind, a wonderfully beautiful desert plant, much like an Easter lily.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers | Margaret Armstrong
British Dictionary definitions for Easter lily
any of various lilies, esp Lilium longiflorum, that have large showy white flowers
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