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Definition of Mount Cook lily
1. Noun. Showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand.
Generic synonyms: Butter-flower, Buttercup, Butterflower, Crowfoot, Goldcup, Kingcup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mount Cook Lily
Literary usage of Mount Cook lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1899)
"Amongst the flora perhaps the most typical plants are the several varieties of
ranunculi, the white blossoms of one, the Mount Cook lily, being very ..."
2. Down Under by N. Maisondeau (1912)
"... white—not bluebells, tiny white everlastings and the curious saucer leaves of
the Mountain-lily or Mount Cook lily (Ranunculus lyallii), " the grandest ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"Of smaller plants, the fine white Ranunculus lyallii was everywhere abundant; it
goes by the name of Mount Cook lily among the colonists, and we found its ..."
4. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Here is the world's largest buttercup— the Mount Cook "Lily"; one of its tiniest
birds—warbler-like riflemen flitting with spiraling flight from tree to ..."
5. Aorangi: Or, The Heart of the Southern Alps, New Zealand by Malcolm Ross (1892)
"The fine white Ranunculus lyallii, or Mount Cook lily, was here abundant, and
its large leaves were placed by the mountaineers in their hats as a protection ..."
6. The High Alps of New Zealand by William Spotswood Green (1883)
"... or Mount Cook lily as it is called by the colonists, was especially interesting,
and its large round succulent leaves about the size of a saucer ..."
7. Picturesque New Zealand by David Paul Gooding (1913)
"... a buttercup misnamed the Mountain Lily and known also as the Mount Cook lily
and the Shepherd's Lily. With its broad leaves, sometimes exceeding fifteen ..."
8. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1899)
"Amongst the flora perhaps the most typical plants are the several varieties of
ranunculi, the white blossoms of one, the Mount Cook lily, being very ..."
9. Down Under by N. Maisondeau (1912)
"... white—not bluebells, tiny white everlastings and the curious saucer leaves of
the Mountain-lily or Mount Cook lily (Ranunculus lyallii), " the grandest ..."
10. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"Of smaller plants, the fine white Ranunculus lyallii was everywhere abundant; it
goes by the name of Mount Cook lily among the colonists, and we found its ..."
11. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Here is the world's largest buttercup— the Mount Cook "Lily"; one of its tiniest
birds—warbler-like riflemen flitting with spiraling flight from tree to ..."
12. Aorangi: Or, The Heart of the Southern Alps, New Zealand by Malcolm Ross (1892)
"The fine white Ranunculus lyallii, or Mount Cook lily, was here abundant, and
its large leaves were placed by the mountaineers in their hats as a protection ..."
13. The High Alps of New Zealand by William Spotswood Green (1883)
"... or Mount Cook lily as it is called by the colonists, was especially interesting,
and its large round succulent leaves about the size of a saucer ..."
14. Picturesque New Zealand by David Paul Gooding (1913)
"... a buttercup misnamed the Mountain Lily and known also as the Mount Cook lily
and the Shepherd's Lily. With its broad leaves, sometimes exceeding fifteen ..."
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