tiger lily

noun

a lily, Lilium lancifolium (or tigrinum ), having dull-orange flowers spotted with black and small bulbs or bulbils in the axils of the leaves.
any lily, especially L. pardalinum, of similar coloration.

tiger lily

a lily plant, Lilium tigrinum, of China and Japan, cultivated for its flowers, which have black-spotted orange reflexed petals
any of various similar lilies

First recorded in 1815–25

Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).

When Paula was found, she was with her daughter Tiger Lily, then aged 4.

At seven he painted the Battle of Waterloo with tiger-lily pollen and black-currant juice, in the absence of water-colours.

There was a tiger lily in the center, surrounded by pink sweet-peas.

La Gaviota was like a tall tiger-lily suddenly appearing among low-growing exotics.

The illustration of the tiger-lily given here is a drawing of the one from which the lily leopard (Fig. 90) was made.

From the brilliant-orange tiger-lily, with its dark-brown or black spots, we are going to make a—tiger?

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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