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flame lilies

flame lilies is the plural of flame lily.

Meaning of flame lily

Noun

flame lily (plural flame lilies)

  1. A Gloriosa lily (superb lily) whose yellow and red petals look like wavy, rising wisps of flame.
    • At Christmas we used to gather [...] bunches of gloriosa flame lilies and orchids like white hyacinths.1992, Monica Fisher, Nswana--the Heir: The Life and Times of Charles Fisher, a Surgeon in Central Africa, page 225
    Synonyms:
    fire lily
  2. Synonym of wood lily.
    Synonyms:
    wood lily

Questions about flame lilies

What is flame lilies the plural of?
Flame lilies is the plural of flame lily.

Words near flame lilies in the dictionary

  1. flame graphs
  2. flame gun
  3. flame guns
  4. flame lamp
  5. flame lamps
  6. flame lilies
  7. flame lily
  8. flame maple
  9. flame nettle
  10. flame of the forest
  11. flame of the woods

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