liliaceous
Americanadjective
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of or like the lily.
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belonging to the plant family Liliaceae.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of liliaceous
From the Late Latin word līliāceus, dating back to 1725–35. See lily, -aceous
Vocabulary lists containing liliaceous
Example Sentences
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The one selected for special study here, the yellow adder-tongue, is very common in the spring; but if not accessible, almost any liliaceous plant will answer.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
How strikingly different the external features of plants may be, though floral structure may draw them into congruity, is well demonstrated by our so-called grass-trees, which pertain truly to the liliaceous order.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
The stem is formed of a liliaceous plant, divided into two branches, each of which supports a flat disc, which may represent the flower, upon which a lamp was placed.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
They were magnolias of several kinds; on some of which the large liliaceous blossoms had given place to the scarcely less conspicuous seed-cones of glowing red, whose powerful but pleasant odour filled the atmosphere around.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
What correspondence is there between the character of the shivering and snowy liliaceous plants of winter and the purple solanaceous plants of autumn?
From Romance of the Rabbit by Edgerton, Gladys
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