Mount Cook lily

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Mount Cook lily

n
(Plants) a large white buttercup, Ranunculus lyallii, of the South Island alpine country of New Zealand. Also called: great mountain buttercup
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Noun1.Mount Cook lily - showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand
Ranunculus lyalii, mountain lily
buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
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