Easter lily
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Easter lily
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Her slender throat, like the stem of a white flower, arose from the faded brown of her dress as an Easter lily unfolds from its dull sheath.
From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks
"Do what?" inquired Mr. Hungerford, himself as fresh and unwilted as an Easter lily.
From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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