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slime lily

slime lily noun: any plant of the genus Albuca, mainly occurring in Africa.

slime lily: any plant of the genus Albuca, mainly occurring in Africa
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Noun

slime lily (plural slime lilies)

  1. Any plant of the genus Albuca, mainly occurring in Africa.
    • Bulbous plants are not particularly common along the coast, but the bright scarlet-flowered Rat's-Tail Babiana (Babiana ringens) is always seen in this sandy bush country which also abounds with blue- and white-flowered Hottentot Nut (Moraea fugax), and the strange-looking slime lilies, of which...2000, Peter Goldblatt, Wildflowers of the Fairest Cape: The Wildflowers of the Western Cape, South Africa
    • Distinguished from other slimelilies by the conspicuous warts at the base of the stem.2008, John C. Manning, Namaqualand

Forms of slime lily

pluralslime lilies

Questions about slime lily

What does slime lily mean?
Slime lily means any plant of the genus Albuca, mainly occurring in Africa.
What part of speech is slime lily?
Slime lily is a noun.
What is the plural of slime lily?
The plural of slime lily is slime lilies.

Words near slime lily in the dictionary

  1. slime balls
  2. slime eel
  3. slime eels
  4. slime flux
  5. slime lilies
  6. slime lily
  7. slime mold
  8. slime molds
  9. slime mould
  10. slime moulds
  11. slime out

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