belladonna lily

[ bel-uh-don-uh-lil-ee ]

Origin of belladonna lily

1
First recorded in 1725–35

Words Nearby belladonna lily

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How to use belladonna lily in a sentence

  • Popular name of a variety of house or conservatory tender bulbs, but properly applied only to the belladonna lily.

  • The belladonna lily can only be grown satisfactorily in the open air in the milder parts of the kingdom.

    Beautiful Bulbous Plants | John Weathers

British Dictionary definitions for belladonna lily

belladonna lily

noun
  1. another name for amaryllis

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