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fire lilies

fire lilies is the plural of fire lily.

Meaning of fire lily

Noun

fire lily (plural fire lilies)

  1. The orange lily.
  2. A flowering plant of the amaryllis family, in the genus Cyrtanthus, native to southern Africa.
  3. Synonym of flame lily (“Gloriosa lily whose petals look like wisps of flame”).
    • Red lips like gloriosas […] The more beautiful the gloriosa, the more poisonous […] Love's a gloriosa, […] love so fancy, it's the new vintage, / Fire lilies so orange planted in their hearts […](Can we date this quote?), Janvi Bansal, Shades Of Blossom, Unvoiced Heart, page 56
    Synonyms:
    flame lily

Questions about fire lilies

What is fire lilies the plural of?
Fire lilies is the plural of fire lily.

Words near fire lilies in the dictionary

  1. Fire Island
  2. fire lance
  3. fire lances
  4. fire lane
  5. fire lanes
  6. fire lilies
  7. fire lily
  8. fire load
  9. fire loads
  10. fire lookout tower
  11. fire lookout towers

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