globe lily

1. 1.

   any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers

   Synonymsfairy lantern

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Narrowerwhite globe lilyyellow globe lilyrose globe lily

   Part ofCalochortus

Questions about globe lily

What does globe lily mean?

globe lily means "any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers".

What is another word for globe lily?

Close synonyms include fairy lantern. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is globe lily a common word?

globe lily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.