liliaceous

[lil-ee-ey-shuh s]

adjective

of or like the lily.
belonging to the plant family Liliaceae.

Compare lily family.

Origin of liliaceous

From the Late Latin word līliāceus, dating back to 1725–35. See lily, -aceous

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Examples from the Web for liliaceous

Historical Examples of liliaceous

Certainly not, dear; but liliaceous is not a serious way of speaking of a lady.
The New Mistress
George Manville Fenn
About five miles further south, the perfume from the liliaceous banks of the river was the first indication of its vicinity.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
Thomas Mitchell
Its borders are fringed with the monomin of the Chippewas, or wild rice, and several of the liliaceous water plants.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
This liliaceous plant attains a great age and enormous size.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
William Saunders
It would seem as if the liliaceous plants, mingled with the gramina, assumed the place of the flowers of our meadows.
Proserpina, Volume 1
John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for liliaceous

liliaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Liliaceae, a family of plants having showy flowers and a bulb or bulblike organ: includes the lily, tulip, and bluebell

Word Origin for liliaceous

C18: from Late Latin līliāceus, from līlium lily

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