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tiger lily
noun
- a lily, Lilium lancifolium (or tigrinum ), having dull-orange flowers spotted with black and small bulbs or bulbils in the axils of the leaves.
- any lily, especially L. pardalinum, of similar coloration.
tiger lily
noun
- a lily plant, Lilium tigrinum, of China and Japan, cultivated for its flowers, which have black-spotted orange reflexed petals
- any of various similar lilies
Word History and Origins
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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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