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lilium|ˈlɪlɪəm|
[L. līlium: see lily. Adopted by Linnæus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 302 as the name of a genus.]
= lily 1.
1902Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 10/1 Of all flowers none are affected by frost so much as roses,..violets, and liliums. 1903Ibid. 26 Nov. 12/1 White liliums are fetching 4s. a bunch. 1923Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 786/2 The finest liliums and choice gladioli grow superbly. 1958M. West Second Victory vi. 91 Hot-house blooms that must have come from a dozen private homes—cyclamen, orchids, liliums and azaleas. 1970Lily Year Bk. XXXIII. 88 [In Australia] at least four leading lilium nurserymen of a decade ago no longer distribute lilium bulbs in appreciable numbers. |