n. - kind of liliaceous plant; daffodil; Literature, flower of the Elysian fields. bog asphodel, British grass-like moorland plant. asportation ❋ Unknown (2008)
Herbert found some new ones, among others some which Pencroft called “sham leeks”; for, in spite of their size, they were of the same liliaceous family as the onion, chive, shallot, or asparagus. ❋ Unknown (2005)
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. ❋ Unknown (2003)
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. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The air was delightfully cool and fragrant; and the drops of dew still glittered on the leaves of the large liliaceous plants, which shaded the streamlets of clear water. ❋ Unknown (2003)
About five miles further south, the perfume from the liliaceous banks of the river was the first indication of its vicinity. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The plant _lilio asphodelus_ belongs to the liliaceous tribe. ❋ Thomas Forester (N/A)
Two liliaceous plants of low altitude are always objects of marked interest. ❋ John H. Williams (N/A)
The one selected for special study here, the yellow adder-tongue, is very common in the spring; but if not accessible, almost any liliaceous plant will answer. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)
Asparagus is a liliaceous plant of perennial duration, and it demands more generous treatment than the majority of Kitchen Garden crops. ❋ Sutton And Sons (N/A)
The stem is formed of a liliaceous plant, divided into two branches, each of which supports a flat disc, which may represent the flower, upon which a lamp was placed. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
Mr. Hunter found a large quantity of bulbous-rooted plants; they proved to be a liliaceous plant of the same species as those which we had before found upon Sims 'Island, the islands of Flinders' Group on the eastern coast, and at Percy Island. ❋ Phillip Parker King (N/A)
Waxen white, pendulous, liliaceous flowers in a great thyrsus. ❋ Unknown (1906)
The rooms were modern in style; the furniture was of a pale green, decorated with flowering branches; its outlines followed the gentle curves of the liliaceous plants, and assumed something of the tender feeling of moist vegetation. ❋ Anatole France (1884)
