peruvian lily

1. 1.

   an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers

   Synonymslily of the IncasAlstroemeria pelegrina

   Broaderalstroemeria

   Part ofgenus Alstroemeria

Questions about peruvian lily

What does peruvian lily mean?

peruvian lily means "an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers".

What is another word for peruvian lily?

Close synonyms include lily of the Incas, Alstroemeria pelegrina. 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 peruvian lily a common word?

peruvian 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.