Definition of Jacobean lily

1. Noun. Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower.

Exact synonyms: Aztec Lily, Strekelia Formosissima
Generic synonyms: Amaryllis
Group relationships: Genus Strekelia, Strekelia

Definition of Jacobean lily

1. Noun. (botany) A bulbous Mexican plant that bears a single large red flower resembling a lily. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobean Lily

Jacky Howe
Jacky Howes
Jaclyn
Jacob
Jacob's coat
Jacob's ladder
Jacob's ladders
Jacob's rod
Jacob's staff
Jacob Epstein
Jacob Harmensen
Jacobaeus operation
Jacobean
Jacobean lilies
Jacobean lily (current term)
Jacobeans
Jacobethan
Jacobi
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Jacobi symbols
Jacobian
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Jacobin
Jacobine
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Jacobinic
Jacobinical
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Literary usage of Jacobean lily

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

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... of a most brilliant dark crimson color, which appears two-lipped from the bending down of three of the divisions of the perianth (petals), Jacobean lily ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"These 12 sons became the heads of the 12 tribes of Israel, and before his death he assembled them and gave them his parting words. Jacobean lily ..."

3. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"The Sprekelia is represented by a single species indigenous to Mexico and sometimes called the Jacobean lily. It has long, slender, strap-shaped leaves, ..."

4. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"Jacobean lily, Spreke/ia formosissima. Lent Lily, Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. Lily of the Nile, Richardia (Calla), ..."

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