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lily family
noun
- the large plant family Liliaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants growing from bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers, having narrow, parallel-veined, usually basal leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the aloe, asparagus, aspidistra, hyacinth, numerous species of lily, lily of the valley, trillium, and tulip.
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This last plant is really of the Lily family, and its flat leaf-like branches end in a sharp spine.
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It is a native of California and belongs to the Lily family.
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It completely filled my heart, and has made every member of the lily family dear to me.
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Even flowers, of the lily family (apparently), are still detected in the crushed and petrified remains.
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Another strange specimen in the novel collection is a portion of the Yucca tree, an abnormal growth of the lily family.
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