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moon-lilies

moon-lilies is the plural of moon-lily.

Meaning of moon-lily

Noun

moon-lily (plural moon-lilies)

  1. Any of various plants with flowers that open at night, as datura or cereus.
    • It was quite an expedition that Ida met, a kind of elfin's rout it looked in the moonlight, children and animals and a fairy-like presence with a face like a moon-lily, all scampering and squealing and whoofing and miauling in a merry game they were making of their progress.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 291

Questions about moon-lilies

What is moon-lilies the plural of?
Moon-lilies is the plural of moon-lily.

Words near moon-lilies in the dictionary

  1. moon-less
  2. moon-light
  3. moon-lighted
  4. moon-lighting
  5. moon-lights
  6. moon-lilies
  7. moon-lily
  8. moon-lit
  9. moon-man
  10. moon-men
  11. moon-moon

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