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Definition of Swamp lily
1. Noun. North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
Group relationships: Genus Saururus, Saururus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swamp Lily
Literary usage of Swamp lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Zenobia. Ericaceae. Syn. Andromeda, in part. Two species in US 2150. ZEPHYRANTHES,
Herb. swamp lily. Amaryllidaceae. From Greek, "wind flower". Syn. ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... Cooperia (Evening Star, Giant Fairy Lily); Crinum (St. John's Lily, Florida
swamp lily) ; Eucharis (Amazon Lily, Star of Bethlehem) ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"It has many local names, among them Grayson.s lily, cup-lily, swamp- lily, and
most common of all, spider lily. Gray says the name is from a Greek word ..."
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