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St.-Bruno's-lily

St.-Bruno's-lily

9.9
A plant that grows back every year with white flowers like lilies
  • noun
  • Specialized
: lirio de San Bruno
  • The garden boasted a beautiful cluster of St.-Bruno's-lily in full bloom.

Examples

  • Botanists value the delicate white flowers of St.-Bruno's-lily for their ornamental appeal.

  • He identified the rare St.-Bruno's-lily among the alpine flora.

  • The St.-Bruno's-lily blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • I saw a St.-Bruno's-lily in the garden yesterday.

  • The garden boasted a beautiful cluster of St.-Bruno's-lily in full bloom.

  • Botanists value the delicate white flowers of St.-Bruno's-lily for their ornamental appeal.

  • The St.-Bruno's-lily blooms beautifully in the spring.

Synonyms

Paradisea
vsSt.-Bruno's-lily
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A garden plant with tall stems and white bell shaped flowers that grows in Europe

refers to one specific perennial species within that genus

Surface Forms

St.-Bruno's-lily singular
St.-Bruno's-lilies plural

Etymology

St.-Bruno's-lily is named after Saint Bruno, a monk, because the plant was often grown near his monasteries long ago. Its Latin genus name Paradisea means 'paradise', a fitting image for the plant's pure white, lily-like flowers, and that is why people call it St.-Bruno's-lily.