southern red lily

southern red lily
noun
: a bulbous herb (Lilium catesbaei) of the southeastern United States with showy scarlet purple-spotted flowers

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southern red lily,
a lily with erect, bright, red and yellow flowers spotted with purple, found along the southeastern coast of the United States.

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