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leopard lily

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leopard lily
n.
A tall plant (Lilium pardalinum) native to California and southwest Oregon, having nodding, dark-spotted, orange-red flowers.
leopard lily
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American lily plant, Lilium pardalinum, cultivated for its large orange-red flowers, with brown-spotted petals and long stamens
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Noun1.leopard lilyleopard lily - lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
Lilium pardalinum, panther lily
lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
2.leopard lily - lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
Lilium catesbaei, pine lily, tiger lily
lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
3.leopard lilyleopard lily - garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
Belamcanda chinensis, blackberry-lily
iridaceous plant - any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
Belamcanda, genus Belamcanda - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae


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Chocolate lily (Fritillaria biflora) and leopard lily (Lilium pardalinum) will enhance any bulb garden, and their flowers make fine specimens for vase arrangements.
IN THE GARDEN STELLAR WILDFLOWER YEAR ALREADY SHINING BRIGHT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
What a wonderful wait it is, each year, for the appearance of flowers such as the marine blue clusters of the ``Dark Star'' ceanothus, the pink and white urns of the manzanita, or the orange-red trumpets of the leopard lily.
GARDENING : A TOO-HEAVY FEAST FOR THE EYES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In the California section, it was a pleasure to see the leopard lily (Lilium pardalinum) described.
GARDENING : EXPLORE THE BACK YARD WITH THIS DANDY FIELD GUIDE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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