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名詞

flame lily (plural flame lilies)

1. A Gloriosa lily (superb lily) whose yellow and red petals look like wavy, rising wisps of flame.

   Synonym: fire lily

   • 1992, Monica Fisher, Nswana--the Heir: The Life and Times of Charles Fisher, a Surgeon in Central Africa, page 225:

     At Christmas we used to gather [...] bunches of gloriosa flame lilies and orchids like white hyacinths.

   • 2012 December 6, J. F. Finnie, J. Van Staden, “X Gloriosa superba L. (Flame Lily)”, in Y.P.S Bajaj, editor, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VI, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 146:

     [see chapter title]

   • 2020 October 20, Heather McCall, For the Love of Christmas, WestBow Press, →ISBN:

     Don't let me forget the flame lilies (gloriosa superba), Rhodesia / Zimbabwe's national flower, which bloom at that time of the year, and which would often add to the decorations. So aptly named , the blossoms are indeed glorious, ranging in colour from […]

2. Synonym of wood lily.