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Definition of Blackberry-lily

1. Noun. Garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackberry-lily

Literary usage of Blackberry-lily

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

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1915)
"TF one desires to see the blackberry lily ... Judged by standards of beauty alone, the blackberry lily, must yield to many a denizen of the modern garden, ..."

2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The Fruit of the Blackberry Lily color is striking, orange dotted with red, darker in effect though of the same type as the tiger-lily. ..."

3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1915)
"TF one desires to see the blackberry lily ... Judged by standards of beauty alone, the blackberry lily, must yield to many a denizen of the modern garden, ..."

4. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The Fruit of the Blackberry Lily color is striking, orange dotted with red, darker in effect though of the same type as the tiger-lily. ..."

5. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants: Their History, Description, Methods of by Charles Linnaeus Allen (1912)
"Blackberry Lily, or Leopard Flower. This handsome flower is not a lily, as its popular name implies, but belongs to the Iris family. ..."

6. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"One meets the Blackberry Lily by the roadside; rarely is it found within the ... The Fruit of the Blackberry Lily color is striking, orange dotted with red ..."

7. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants: Their History, Description, Methods of by Charles Linnaeus Allen (1912)
"Blackberry Lily, or Leopard Flower. This handsome flower is not a lily, as its popular name implies, but belongs to the Iris family. ..."

8. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"One meets the Blackberry Lily by the roadside; rarely is it found within the ... The Fruit of the Blackberry Lily color is striking, orange dotted with red ..."

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