lent lily
Britishnoun
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There are a few double-flowered forms of the "Lent Lily," the best known being Capax, lemon-yellow; grandiplenus, deep yellow, plenissimus, and the Old Double Lent Lily grown in Gerarde's garden over 300 years ago.
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N. minor is another miniature form of Lent Lily, with gracefully-twisted sulphur-yellow segments surrounding a deeper yellow spreading "trumpet."
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Some loving hand had planted it with daffodils—the wild Lent lily of the district, though not now very plentiful about the actual lakes.
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