tiger lily
tiger lily
nounDefinition of TIGER LILY
: a common Asian garden lily (Lilium lancifolium syn. L. tigrinum) that has nodding orange-colored flowers densely spotted with black and alternate leaves with black bulblets in the leaf axils; also : any of various lilies with similar flowers
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1824
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