ginger lily

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noun

any of various plants belonging to the genus Hedychium, of the ginger family, native to Asia, especially the white ginger, H. coronarium, having white, fragrant flowers.

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Origin of ginger lily

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby ginger lily

gingerbread plum, gingerbread tree, ginger family, ginger group, ginger jar, ginger lily, gingerly, ginger nut, gingerroot, gingersnap, ginger up

How to use ginger lily in a sentence

“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.
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Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.
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One person who tuned into my story was Matt Creed, the director of Lily.
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Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
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But only recently did this dispute spread to the lily-white slopes of a Montana ski resort.
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Meanwhile Fleurette had her nourishing food, and grew more like the ghost of a lily every day.
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The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
She was fair as a lily, with bright golden hair, and bore no resemblance to this dark-eyed, black-browed wench.
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Lily Pendleton was known to have once essayed an erotic novel, and had read a few chapters to some of her closer friends.
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Inside were twelve ginger cookies with scalloped edges, smelling faintly of cinnamon and sugar.
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