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fire lily

fire lily noun: the orange 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
    • Gloriosa (climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, flame lily , gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily)[…]2019 February 14, Michael Allaby, A Dictionary of Plant Sciences, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    flame lily

Synonyms of fire lily

Forms of fire lily

pluralfire lilies

Questions about fire lily

What does fire lily mean?
Fire lily means the orange lily.
What part of speech is fire lily?
Fire lily is a noun.
What is the plural of fire lily?
The plural of fire lily is fire lilies.

Words near fire lily in the dictionary

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

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