lily family
noun
the large plant family Liliaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants growing from bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers, having narrow, parallel-veined, usually basal leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the aloe, asparagus, aspidistra, hyacinth, numerous species of lily, lily of the valley, trillium, and tulip.
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Words nearby lily family
Lilo, Lilongwe, lilt, lily, Lilyan, lily family, lily iron, lily-livered, lily-of-the-Nile, lily of the valley, lily pad
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