Definition of Lilium candidum

1. Noun. Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Annunciation Lily, Lent Lily, Madonna Lily, White Lily
Generic synonyms: Lily

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lilium Candidum

Lilah
Lilia
Liliales
Lilian
Lilian Alicia Marks
Liliana
Lilianna
Lilias
Lilibet
Liliidae
Liliopsida
Lilith
Lilium
Lilium auratum
Lilium canadense
Lilium candidum
Lilium catesbaei
Lilium columbianum
Lilium lancifolium
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium maritinum
Lilium martagon
Lilium michiganense
Lilium pardalinum
Lilium philadelphicum
Lilium superbum
Liliuokalani
Lille
Lillia
Lillian

Literary usage of Lilium candidum

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

1. 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. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"The carbohydrate occurring along with starch in the bulb of lilium candidum has now been chemically examined, and found to be one yielding mannose and not ..."

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