Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire lily

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: fire lily
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The orange lily.

noun

A flowering plant of the amaryllis family, in the genus Cyrtanthus, native to southern Africa.

noun

Synonym of flame lily (“Gloriosa lily whose petals look like wisps of flame”).

Example Sentences

"Red lips like gloriosas […] The more beautiful the gloriosa, the more poisonous […] Love's a gloriosa, […] love so fancy, it's the new vintage, / Fire lilies so orange planted in their hearts […]"
"Gloriosa (climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, flame lily , gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily)[…]"
"Gloriosa Lily. (Gloriosa spp.) (Fire Lily, Flame Lily, Creeping Lily, Cat's Claw) […]"

Inflected Forms

fire lilies (plural)

Synonyms

flame lily

Questions

What does fire lily mean?: The orange lily.

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