yellow avalanche lily
Once the lilies are above ground and growing strongly, they need regular feeding.
In the window agapanthus africanus, the blue lily, was in full flower.
Onions, shallots, green onions, chives, and leeks are all members of the lily family.

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lily | American Dictionary

lily
noun[ C ]
us/ˈlɪl·i/
a plant with large, usually bell-shaped flowers on long stems

Examples of lily

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The lily house was the discrete enclosure that rendered the plant's life and the interior amenable to observation and precise measurement.
The sunflower, lily and peacock feather therefore distanced their user from the world of feminine frills.
According to this story, the water lily is associated with the moment of creation.
The water lily is the flower of the underworld-the place of creation.
And why did specific motifs - say lilies, monkeys or papyrusreed-marguerita hybrids - gain one symbolic meaning rather than another?
These products included ginger, yams, lily bulbs, dried ducks, dried fish and dried ducks' gizzards.
A water lily emerging from the water and opening its petals at dawn.
One thinks of a clarion call to celebrate the new season and the wonder of the blossoming lily.
But hostile journalists insisted that the green carnation, like the sunflower and lily, was just the latest fashion.
I believe that the year symbol and water lily are interchangeable, as both allude to the sun's journey and, consequently, to the passage of time.
For crop species with a long juvenile period such as tree species, tulip and lily, this is not a practical solution.
Consequently, naab' 'the water lily' and ha' 'water' are equivalents representing the primeval waters of creation.
And so the miraculous vision appeared, a lily in one hand and a little basket in the other, right in the midst of the girls, and surprised me as well.
With regard to the water lily's psychotropic qualities, the belief that those entering a mystic trance may visit the land of their ancestors is common to all cultures.
Calcium channel blocker and calmodulin antagonists affect the gradient of free calcium ions in lily pollen tubes.
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