lilium
n · noun
Simple meaning
A musical project begun by French musician Pascal Humbert, a member of the groups 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand.
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ˈlɪliəm
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n
A musical project begun by French musician Pascal Humbert, a member of the groups 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand.
A genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers.
The plant genus of "true lilies".
noun
Type genus of Liliaceae
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Japanese lily with golden rays.
Common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown.
Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers.
Lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals.
Lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers.
East Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals.
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