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Meanings of Lent lily in English
Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers.
Synonyms
Examples for "Madonna lily"
Examples for "Madonna lily"
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I think there is a certain tall, slim Madonna lily--
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Had it been the old Paris days the Madonna lily would have said 'Come!'
3
Do you dislike the simile-a Madonna lily?
4
She was bending at the moment to cut a tall Madonna lily from a sheaf that grew close to the path.
5
Before that time, there was a lily known as the Easter lily, but whose right name is the lilium candidum or Madonna lily.
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Sonya was like a white lily found growing in some underground dungeon.
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The white lily root sliced is another valuable external application for bruises.
3
The curves of her throat were the curves of a white lily.
4
The central feature of the garden is that beautiful white lily called Love.
5
The centre is formed similar to the white lily, but not so large.
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These black flowers held great bunches of the Annunciation lily, sacred to the Virgin through all the ages.
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The plant belongs to the order Liliaceæ and would seem from its general form to be closely allied with the Lilium Candidum.
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Before that time, there was a lily known as the Easter lily, but whose right name is the lilium candidum or Madonna lily.
Usage of Lent lily in English
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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.
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Look at these Lent lilies, Miss Laura.
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I got some Lent lilies in Rouen, and have some celandines growing in moss, so it looks like spring in my bunk.
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The flowers here are just like England, primroses and violets and Lent lilies, but I'm sure the trees are further out at home.
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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.
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Yet we have several kinds of lily that are not white: ' Lent lilies' are yellow, and the showy tiger lily is red and black.
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Just before that two little boys were getting over a gate from a hop-garden, with handfuls of Lent lilies- abeautifulcolour under the dark sky.