AFRICAN LILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does African lily mean? 

• AFRICAN LILY (noun)
  The noun AFRICAN LILY has 1 sense:

1. African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers

  Familiarity information: AFRICAN LILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFRICAN LILY (noun)

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Meaning:

African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus; blue African lily

Hypernyms ("African lily" is a kind of...):

agapanthus; lily of the Nile (any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers)

Holonyms ("African lily" is a member of...):

genus Agapanthus (small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae)