Lilium
- noun
- /ˈlɪliəm/
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Lilium
- The garden was filled with vibrant Lilium flowers, attracting bees and butterflies.
- Lilium candidum
Examples
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Every summer, the Lilium plants bloom beautifully, adding color to the landscape.
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She carefully arranged the Lilium stems in a vase to brighten up the room.
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It's a lilium philadelphicum, is it?
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Begonia and Lilium are more so kind of center of the lip highlight shades that really make your lips look like, which I like.
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It's a lilium philadelphicum.
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Lilium inter spinas.
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On the other hand, certain other rare species, particularly small annuals and geophytes (e.g., Lilium candidum, white lily), cannot survive under shade and depend on the exposure provided by a heavily grazed or disturbed environment.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
A group of plants like true lilies with large beautiful flowers often grown in gardens
Compounds
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A wild lily from the eastern United States with hanging yellow or reddish spotted flowers
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A plant with large white funnel-shaped flowers and a strong sweet smell
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A lily with cup-shaped flowers and petals that curve back, often red or yellow
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A type of lily with bright orange flowers with purple spots from western North America
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A garden plant with large orange flowers with black spots called tiger lily
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A tall white lily with large trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in spring
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A lily with bright orange flowers that grows on the Pacific coast of the United States
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A type of lily with small purple, downward-facing flowers from northwest Europe and Asia
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A lily from central North America with orange red curved petals and dark red spots
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A wild lily from eastern North America with orange or red flowers spotted purple
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A tall lily from the eastern United States with orange or red flowers that have dark spots
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A group of plants like true lilies with large beautiful flowers often grown in gardens
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lilium comes from the old Latin word lilium, which comes from Greek leirion, both meaning 'lily'. So, Lilium is the scientific name for the true lilies, which helps you remember that plants in this group are the real lily flowers you see in gardens.