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liliaceous

ADJECTIVE
  1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Liliaceae

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  • n. - kind of liliaceous plant; daffodil; Literature, flower of the Elysian fields. bog asphodel, British grass-like moorland plant. asportation Xml's Blinklist.com
  • There, too, ranged species beyond species, are the extinct elephants; and there the ponderous skull of the dinotherium, with the bent tusks in its lower jaw, that give to it the appearance of a great pickaxe, and that must have dug deeply of old amid the liliaceous roots and bulbs of the Tertiary lakes and rivers. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed
  • Diallyl trisulfide ( DATS ) is a major anticancer ingredient from the bulb of garlic of liliaceous plants.
  • Diallyl trisulfide ( DATS ) is a major anticancer ingredient from the bulb of garlic of liliaceous plants.
  • Sandersonia aurantiaca is a liliaceous monocotyledon with a bell-shaped corolla formed from fused petals and sepals (tepals).
  • Among the more interesting of these are blackboy, also called grass-tree, a black-boled liliaceous tree with a spearlike flowerstalk and reedlike leaves resembling fuzzy hair or a grass skirt (but in New Zealand the same word refers to a type of peach), and black swan, a descriptive term. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3
  • The sides of the valley were here nearly precipitous; but, as frequently happens with stratified rocks, small ledges projected, which were thickly covered by wild bananas, liliaceous plants, and other luxuriant productions of the tropics. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
  • The most common of these, which we observed, were two sorts of liliaceous roots, one simply tunicated, the other granulated upon its surface, called _mahkatte_ and _koohquoppa_, which have a mild sweetish taste, and are mucilaginous, and eaten raw. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16
  • About five miles further south, the perfume from the liliaceous banks of the river was the first indication of its vicinity. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
  • There was the wild yam, and a liliaceous plant called Ti, which grows in abundance, and has a soft brown root, in shape and size like a huge log of wood: this served us for dessert, for it is as sweet as treacle, and with a pleasant taste. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
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