lily of the nile

1. 1.

   any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers

   Synonymsagapanthus

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   NarrowerAfrican lily

   Part ofgenus Agapanthus

Questions about lily of the nile

What does lily of the nile mean?

lily of the nile means "any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers".

What is another word for lily of the nile?

Close synonyms include agapanthus. 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 lily of the nile a common word?

lily of the nile 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.