Madonna lily

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Madonna lily

An eastern Mediterranean plant (Lilium candidum) having white, bell-shaped flowers that yield an essential oil used in perfumery.

[From its frequent appearance in paintings of the Madonna.]

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Madonna lily

(Plants) a perennial widely cultivated Mediterranean lily plant, Lilium candidum, with white trumpet-shaped flowers. Also called: Annunciation lily

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Madon′na lil′y

a lily, Lilium candidum, having clusters of white bell-shaped flowers.

[1875–80]

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Madonna lily - lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers

Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum, white lily

lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

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