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swamp lily

swamp lily noun: any of various species of plants with showy flowers growing in wet habitats.

swamp lily: any of various species of plants with showy flowers growing in wet habitats
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Noun

swamp lily (plural swamp lilies)

  1. Any of various species of plants with showy flowers growing in wet habitats
    • Saururus (called in the United States, Swamp-lilies) is arranged by Linnæus in his second natural order […] Saururus […] is a very mild plant, and is often used in the shape of poultices, by the people of the United-States!1803, Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany, Philadelphia, pages 32–33
    • Sympathetic ferns stretched their soft green fronds along the sides of the naked wood, as if they wanted to supply the fallen tree with some of the verdure of which it had been cruelly bereft, and even a gay, flowering swamp lily, that wonderful flaming flower that holds its chalice above all other...1924, Lilian Garis, chapter 16, in Nancy Brandon, New York: Grosset & Dunlap
  2. in genera Crinum, including Crinum americanum (southern swamplily), Crinum erubescens, Crinum pedunculatum (also river lily or mangrove lily)
  3. Lilium superbum (also Turk's cap lily, turban lily, lily royal, or American tiger lily)
  4. Ottelia ovalifolia, of Australia.
  5. Saururus spp. (lizard's tail)
  6. Zephyranthes atamasco (rain lily, Atamasco lily)

Forms of swamp lily

pluralswamp lilies

Words formed from swamp lily

  • hardy swamp lily
  • Peruvian swamp lily

Questions about swamp lily

What does swamp lily mean?
Swamp lily means any of various species of plants with showy flowers growing in wet habitats.
What part of speech is swamp lily?
Swamp lily is a noun.
What is the plural of swamp lily?
The plural of swamp lily is swamp lilies.

Words near swamp lily in the dictionary

  1. swamp gums
  2. swamp harrier
  3. swamp harriers
  4. swamp holly
  5. swamp lilies
  6. swamp lily
  7. swamp maire
  8. swamp maple
  9. swamp maples
  10. swamp milkweed
  11. swamp milkweeds

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