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iridaceous plant
any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
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amaryllis
bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
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blood lily
any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
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narcissus
bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
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liliaceous plant
plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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checkered lily, fritillary
any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
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Colchicum autumnale, autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked lady
bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
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star-of-Bethlehem
any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
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flag, fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
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Belamcanda chinensis, blackberry-lily, leopard lily
garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
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crocus
any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
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freesia
any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
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glad, gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily
any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
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corn lily
any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated
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blue-eyed grass
plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
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Amaryllis belladonna, belladonna lily, naked lady
amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers
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Cape tulip, Haemanthus coccineus
spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
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Hippeastrum puniceum, hippeastrum
amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers
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Narcissus pseudonarcissus, daffodil
any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
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Narcissus jonquilla, jonquil
widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers
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Aztec lily, Jacobean lily, Strekelia formosissima
Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower
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lily
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
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agapanthus, lily of the Nile
any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
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albuca
any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
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colic root, colicroot, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root
any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
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alliaceous plant
bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
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alstroemeria
any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
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Amianthum muscaetoxicum, Amianthum muscitoxicum, fly poison
all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
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Anthericum liliago, Saint-Bernard's-lily
southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
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Anthericum torreyi, amber lily
plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
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asphodel
any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
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Bloomeria crocea, golden star, golden stars
California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
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brodiaea
any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
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mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
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fairy lantern, globe lily
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
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cat's-ear
any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
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Calochortus nuttallii, sego lily
perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico
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camas, camash, camass, camosh, quamash
any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
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dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth, dogtooth violet
perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
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Erythronium montanum, avalanche lily
perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States
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Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria mutica, mission bells, rice-grain fritillary
herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
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Fritillaria biflora, black fritillary, mission bells
herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
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Fritillaria agrestis, stink bell
a malodorous California herb with bell-shaped flowers; a common weed in grainfields
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Fritillaria imperialis, crown imperial
Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
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Fritillaria liliaceae, white fritillary
California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green
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Fritillaria meleagris, checkered daffodil, guinea-hen flower, leper lily, snake's head fritillary
Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
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Fritillaria micrantha, Fritillaria parviflora, brown bells
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers
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Fritillaria pluriflora, adobe lily, pink fritillary
California herb with pinkish purple flowers
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Fritillaria recurva, scarlet fritillary
western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers
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tulip
any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
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day lily, daylily
any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
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hyacinth
any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
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Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, bluebell, harebell, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth
sometimes placed in genus Scilla
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Ornithogalum umbellatum, sleepy dick, starflower, summer snowflake
common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States
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Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, Prussian asparagus, bath asparagus
Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots
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Ornithogalum thyrsoides, chincherinchee, wonder flower
South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers
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grape hyacinth
any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes
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scilla, squill
an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
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false asphodel
a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
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Urginea maritima, sea onion, sea squill, squill
having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
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bog asphodel
either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
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false hellebore, hellebore
perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
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Xerophyllum tenax, bear grass, squaw grass
plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
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death camas, zigadene
any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
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trillium, wake-robin, wood lily
any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
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Convallaria majalis, May lily, lily of the valley
low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
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Clinton's lily, clintonia
any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries
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Liriope muscari, lily turf, lilyturf
Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
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Maianthemum canadense, false lily of the valley
small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
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Maianthemum bifolium, false lily of the valley
small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
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Solomon's-seal
any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal