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TIGER LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiger lily mean?
• TIGER LILY (noun)
The noun TIGER LILY has 2 senses:
1. east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
2. lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
Familiarity information: TIGER LILY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
devil lily; kentan; Lilium lancifolium; tiger lily
Hypernyms ("tiger lily" is a kind of...):
lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
leopard lily; Lilium catesbaei; pine lily; tiger lily
Hypernyms ("tiger lily" is a kind of...):
lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)
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