blood lily
- noun
- South African
:
lirio de sangre
- In South Africa, the blood lily is often admired for its stunning spherical clusters of red blossoms.
Examples
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During the summer, our backyard was filled with blood lilies, their vivid colors bringing joy to all who passed by.
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Let me show you the blood lilies.
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The garden was vibrant with blooming blood lilies, their bright red flowers catching everyone's attention.
Synonyms
A plant from Africa that grows from a bulb and has bright red or white flowers called blood lilies
A group of African plants that grow from bulbs, like blood lilies
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'blood' (evoking a red color) with 'lily' (a type of flower), so the meaning 'a lily with blood‑red flowers' is directly inferable from its parts. This color+noun naming pattern is cross‑linguistically common and follows regular compositional morphology, making it understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Blood lily The plant name blood lily comes from the bright, round red flowers that look like drops of blood, and from lily because it is a showy 'flower'. That's why the name points to its deep red blooms.
