lirion.
The American Spanish name for the water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. Quot. 1844 refers to a different plant, perhaps the frangipani, Plumeria rubra.
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1844 J. G. F. Wurdemann Notes on Cuba v. 140 The quaint lirio's trumpet-shaped flowers painted yellow and red, and bursting in bunches from the blunt extremities of each leafless branch.]
1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent v. 94 A long canal paved with bright green leaves from which poked the mauve heads of the lirio, the water hyacinth.
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