arum lily

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  arum lily    lily  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arum lily/ˈeərəmlɪli/

▶noun chiefly Brit. a tall lily-like African plant which bears a large showy spathe. [Genus Zantedeschia.]

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lily/ˈlɪli/

▶noun

• 1 a bulbous plant with large trumpet-shaped, typically fragrant, flowers on a tall, slender stem. [Genus Lilium: many species.]

  ■ used in names of other similar plants, e.g. arum lily.

• 2 a heraldic fleur-de-lis.

– derivatives
lilied adjective.

– origin OE lilie, from L. lilium, from Gk leirion.