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TIGER LILY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals

Synonyms:

leopard lily; Lilium catesbaei; pine lily; tiger lily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tiger lily" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

East Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals

Synonyms:

devil lily; kentan; Lilium lancifolium; tiger lily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tiger lily" is a kind of...):

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

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