LILY OF THE NILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lily of the Nile mean? 

• LILY OF THE NILE (noun)
  The noun LILY OF THE NILE has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers

  Familiarity information: LILY OF THE NILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LILY OF THE NILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

agapanthus; lily of the Nile

Hypernyms ("lily of the Nile" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lily of the Nile"):

African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus; blue African lily (African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers)

Holonyms ("lily of the Nile" is a member of...):

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