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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

When the morning rain stopped, Brian and I packed up our things and made our way along the southeastern edge of Isle Royale, climbing over huge boulders dotted with bright orange tiger lilies on the way to Scoville Point.

Finally, we arrived and took our time strolling through the maze of simple rock sculptures and tiger lilies built and planted by self-taught artist Jack Ellsworth during his two decades of summers up north beginning in the 1940s.

Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).

When Paula was found, she was with her daughter Tiger Lily, then aged 4.

At seven he painted the Battle of Waterloo with tiger-lily pollen and black-currant juice, in the absence of water-colours.

There was a tiger lily in the center, surrounded by pink sweet-peas.

La Gaviota was like a tall tiger-lily suddenly appearing among low-growing exotics.

The illustration of the tiger-lily given here is a drawing of the one from which the lily leopard (Fig. 90) was made.

From the brilliant-orange tiger-lily, with its dark-brown or black spots, we are going to make a—tiger?

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