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lily family
noun
- the large plant family Liliaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants growing from bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers, having narrow, parallel-veined, usually basal leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the aloe, asparagus, aspidistra, hyacinth, numerous species of lily, lily of the valley, trillium, and tulip.
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However, Colchicum are in the lily family and not a crocus at all.
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The hosta is in the lily family and has the common name of Plantain Lily.
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Trilliums belong to the lily family, and I acquaint their annual appearance with renewal, even hope.
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The lily family, Liliaceae, is a third plant family with many succulent members.
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The stench is all too familiar to those who grew up around ramps, a member of the lily family that’s sometimes known as a wild leek.
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