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Meanings of Annunciation lily in English

Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers.

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        Examples for "Madonna lily"
        Examples for "Madonna lily"
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        I think there is a certain tall, slim Madonna lily--
        The Justice of the King
        2
        Had it been the old Paris days the Madonna lily would have said 'Come!'
        The Justice of the King
        3
        Do you dislike the simile-a Madonna lily?
        The Justice of the King
        4
        She was bending at the moment to cut a tall Madonna lily from a sheaf that grew close to the path.
        The Odds / And Other Stories
        5
        Before that time, there was a lily known as the Easter lily, but whose right name is the lilium candidum or Madonna lily.
        Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear / Or,...
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        Sonya was like a white lily found growing in some underground dungeon.
        The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army
        2
        The white lily root sliced is another valuable external application for bruises.
        Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children
        3
        The curves of her throat were the curves of a white lily.
        The picture of Dorian Gray
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        The central feature of the garden is that beautiful white lily called Love.
        Adventures in the Land of Canaan
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        The centre is formed similar to the white lily, but not so large.
        The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
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        Some loving hand had planted it with daffodils-thewild Lent lily of the district, though not now very plentiful about the actual lakes.
        Missing
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        Look at these Lent lilies, Miss Laura.
        Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
        3
        I got some Lent lilies in Rouen, and have some celandines growing in moss, so it looks like spring in my bunk.
        Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915
        4
        The flowers here are just like England, primroses and violets and Lent lilies, but I'm sure the trees are further out at home.
        My War Experiences in Two Continents
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        Down by the dell-hole more vivid colours were awakening, and Lent lilies stood sentinel on its margin, or advanced in battalions over the grass.
        Howards End
        1
        The plant belongs to the order Liliaceæ and would seem from its general form to be closely allied with the Lilium Candidum.
        The Heart of Unaga
        2
        Before that time, there was a lily known as the Easter lily, but whose right name is the lilium candidum or Madonna lily.
        Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear / Or,...
        Usage of Annunciation lily in English
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        These black flowers held great bunches of the Annunciation lily, sacred to the Virgin through all the ages.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...