Easter lily
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Easter lily
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Like most of the others, Tony is growing the Croft, a white, sturdy, strong-stemmed Easter lily that multiplies at the rate of 150 bulbs from one bulb a season, will grow 20,000 to the acre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Startled first-nighters saw the heroine clad as half nun and half Easter lily, her duenna completely faceless, another nun headless and one tavern character with two heads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who shall tell me if an Easter lily is the equal of a rose, or if either is equal to an oak or a pine?
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart
Before that time, there was a lily known as the Easter lily, but whose right name is the lilium candidum or Madonna lily.
From Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph)
It, also, is pure white, and similar in form to the Easter lily of today except that it is more bell-shaped.
From Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph)
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