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CORN LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corn lily mean?
• CORN LILY (noun)
The noun CORN LILY has 1 sense:
1. any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated
Familiarity information: CORN LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("corn lily" is a kind of...):
iridaceous plant (any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae)
Holonyms ("corn lily" is a member of...):
genus Ixia; Ixia (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)
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