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Easter lily

American

noun

any of several white-flowered lilies that are artificially brought into bloom in early spring, especially Lilium longiflorum eximium, native to Taiwan and widely cultivated.

Easter lily British

noun

any of various lilies, esp Lilium longiflorum, that have large showy white flowers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Easter lily

First recorded in 1875–80

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Easter lily

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

If Elis and Christine get to know that I bought the Easter lily in that unusual way, they will— BENJAMIN.

From Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter by Warner Oland

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 Florence Hobart Perin

And next, all in white, and lookin' as slim and graceful as an Easter lily, I makes out Vee; also a young gent in white flannels and a striped tennis blazer.

From On With Torchy by Foster Lincoln

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