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Definition of Canna lily
1. Noun. Plants grown for their large bright yellow to red flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canna Lily
Literary usage of Canna lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"257, 258), and the ovules appear in the central angle of the loculi, as in Canna,
Lily (fig. 257). ..."
2. The Mende Language: Containing Useful Phrases, Elementary Grammar, Short by Frederick William Hugh Migeod (1908)
"English. a large gourd, canna lily. a water lily with long leaves. a water lily
with round leaves, a shrub with small red seeds having black heads, ..."
3. An Englishwoman in the Philippines by Campbell Dauncey (1906)
"One I do recognise, and that is the canna lily, which I have seen in hothouses
at home, and some irises of different sorts. I am feeling much better, ..."
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