corn lily

Any of various bulbous herbs of the genus Ixia in the family Iridaceae, native to southern Africa and widely cultivated as an ornamental, having grasslike leaves and showy clusters of variously colored flowers.

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corn lily

(Plants) any of several South African iridaceous plants of the genus Ixia, which have coloured lily-like flowers

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corn lily - any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated

iridaceous plant - any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae

genus Ixia, Ixia - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae

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These compounds were found in a long list of plants: broccoli, green chilli, onions, onion leaves, radishes, carrots, celery, tomatoes, shallots, apples, kiwis, citrus, beans, cucumbers, turmeric, soybeans, red grapes, blueberries, raspberries, pepper, some legumes, tolypocladium (a fungus) and corn lily, the last of which is mildly toxic.

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They are commonly known as African corn lily and come from the same family as the common gladiolus.

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Ixia (South African Corn Lily) come in a colourful mix of yellow, pink, white and red with brown centres, from May to July.

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