Definition of Easter lily

1. Noun. Tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring.

Exact synonyms: Bermuda Lily, Lilium Longiflorum, White Trumpet Lily
Generic synonyms: Lily

Definition of Easter lily

1. Noun. Any of various flowers associated with Easter ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Easter Lily

Easter Islander
Easter Monday
Easter Moon
Easter Sunday
Easter bunny
Easter cactus
Easter card
Easter daisy
Easter egg
Easter egg hunt
Easter egg hunts
Easter egg roll
Easter eggs
Easter giant
Easter giants
Easter lily
Easter lily vine
Easterling
Easterlings
Eastern-rigged
Eastern Abenaki
Eastern Abnaki
Eastern Acipa
Eastern Arabic
Eastern Arabic numeral
Eastern Arabic numerals
Eastern Armenian
Eastern Arrernte
Eastern Balochi
Eastern Bengali

Literary usage of Easter lily

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

1. The Book of Easter by William Croswell Doane (1910)
"An easter lily *o ^ <o *c> ^ -c AFTER long months of slumber brown and sere, It dreams that April's smile is bending near, And stirs, and from its withered ..."

2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1883)
"This is an improved edition of the folding" easter lily," published two years ago, which proved such a great success, and for which we could not then supply ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"This is an improved edition of the folding** easter lily," published two years a?o, which proved such a great success, and for which we could not then ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1903)
"easter lily Bulbs.—It is perhaps well known that the supply of Lil- ium Harrisii bulbs is grown in the Bermudas, and in the haste to market the crop the ..."

5. The Silver-Burdett Readers by Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet (1906)
"TOM'S easter lily. bootblack circus dark feel corner extra lilies week money fifty beauty steep Two little bootblacks stood at the corner of the street. ..."

6. The Sprague Classic Readers: Book Three by Sarah E. Sprague (1902)
"The easter lily is pure white. Its buds are light green. The lily comes from a bulb. The bulb is sphere-shaped. It is not at all beautiful. ..."

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