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
Why, one may ask, are some lilies radiantly colored and speckled; others, like the Easter lily, deep chaliced, white, spotless?
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje
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
He picked up an Easter lily which Geneviève had brought that morning from Notre Dame, and dropped it into the basin.
From The King in Yellow by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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