Definition of Lent lily

1. Noun. Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Annunciation Lily, Lilium Candidum, Madonna Lily, White Lily
Generic synonyms: Lily

Definition of Lent lily

1. Noun. The daffodil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lent lily

1. . The daffodil; so named from its blossoming in spring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lent Lily

lenseless
lenses
lensing
lensings
lensless
lenslike
lensmaker
lensmakers
lensmaking
lensman
lensmen
lensometer
lensopathy
lent a hand
lent an ear
lent lily (current term)
lental
lentamente
lentando
lente insulin
lenten
lenten rose
lenti
lentic
lenticel
lenticellame
lenticellate
lenticelle
lenticelles
lenticels

Literary usage of Lent lily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"LENTILS, Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. Corrupted, as one might easily imagine, from the similarity of the name of " Lent-lily" with that of the ..."

2. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"lent lily, or LILIES, contracted to LENTS (even when used of one single flower). (Cf. next entry, and Britten, p. 303; Prior, p. 135. ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"On the other hand, I have myself, to some extent, imitated both the Lulworth and the Bicester flowers by crossing the Lent-lily with garden Daffodils. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"lent lily, or Lilies (from the season of flowering). ... See lent lily. Leopard's Bane. A name applied by Ger. and in modern books to Doronicum ..."

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