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tiger lily

noun

  1. a lily, Lilium lancifolium (or tigrinum ), having dull-orange flowers spotted with black and small bulbs or bulbils in the axils of the leaves.
  2. any lily, especially L. pardalinum, of similar coloration.


tiger lily

noun

  1. a lily plant, Lilium tigrinum, of China and Japan, cultivated for its flowers, which have black-spotted orange reflexed petals
  2. any of various similar lilies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tiger lily1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

Still, I’m grateful for any décor that occasions the following, immortally Williams exchange: “Where’s my tiger lily?”

In water-filled ceramic pots, plucked nasturtium leaves and tiger lilies are presented as floating elements in a way that elevates them both.

It just put a daisy — and a peony and an iris and a tiger lily — in the gun barrel.

I remember the tiger lily cookie and, now that Peeta is talking to me again, it’s all I can do not to recount the whole story about President Snow.

With the emphasis on authenticity, her job was as much about sourcing — imagine finding tiger lily buds and lime leaves in the 1960s! — as the recipes themselves.

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