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Definition of Lilium
1. Noun. Type genus of Liliaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Lily, Lilium Auratum, Mountain Lily
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lilium
Literary usage of Lilium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"COULTER and CHAMBERLAIN' state that they have observed two preparations of Lilium
philadelphicum showing respectively three and five ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"Besides starch the bulbs of members of the genus Lilium contain another reserve
... Lilium, however, did not respond to the microchemical tests used there, ..."
3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"The finest of these is, perhaps, Lilium auratum. ... Lilium Canadense is a showy
summer - blooming species, with nodding yellow or orange flowers spotted ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Common White L., Lilium candidum. ï)ay L., the blue and white ones are ... St.
Joseph's L., Lilium candidum. Tiger L., Lilium tigrinum. ..."
5. Leaders in Homœopathic Therapeutics by Eugene Beauharnais Nash (1899)
"Lilium TIGRINUM Is one of the remedies that closely resembles Sepia in its action
on the uterine organs. This symptom, for instance, " weight, with feeling ..."
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