Definition: easter lily
Easter lily
n : tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom
in the spring [syn: Easter lily, Bermuda lily, white
trumpet lily, Lilium longiflorum]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Easter lily \Eas"ter lil`y\ (Bot.) Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom about Easter; specif.: (a) The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also Annunciation lily. (b) The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily. (c) The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus). (d) The Atamasco lily.
