mountain lily

Questions about mountain lily

What does mountain lily mean?

mountain lily means "Japanese lily with golden rays". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mountain lily?

Close synonyms include Lilium auratum, Mount Cook lily, Ranunculus lyalii. 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 mountain lily a common word?

mountain lily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.