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moon-lily

moon-lily noun: any of various plants with flowers that open at night, as datura or cereus.

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

Forms of moon-lily

pluralmoon-lilies

Questions about moon-lily

What does moon-lily mean?
Moon-lily means any of various plants with flowers that open at night, as datura or cereus.
What part of speech is moon-lily?
Moon-lily is a noun.
What is the plural of moon-lily?
The plural of moon-lily is moon-lilies.

Words near moon-lily in the dictionary

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

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