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MOUNTAIN LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain lily mean?
• MOUNTAIN LILY (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN LILY has 2 senses:
1. Japanese lily with golden rays
2. showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN LILY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Japanese lily with golden rays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lilium auratum; mountain lily
Hypernyms ("mountain lily" is a kind of...):
lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)
Holonyms ("mountain lily" is a member of...):
genus Lilium; Lilium (type genus of Liliaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Mount Cook lily; mountain lily; Ranunculus lyalii
Hypernyms ("mountain lily" is a kind of...):
butter-flower; buttercup; butterflower; crowfoot; goldcup; kingcup (any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus)
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