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Meaning of fire lily | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The orange lily.
  2. A flowering plant of the amaryllis family, in the genus Cyrtanthus, native to southern Africa.
  3. Synonym of flame lily (“Gloriosa lily whose petals look like wisps of flame”).

Equivalents

Deutsch Feuerlilie
Suomi kaarililja

Examples

“Red lips like gloriosas […] The more beautiful the gloriosa, the more poisonous […] Love's a gloriosa, […] love so fancy, it's the new vintage, / Fire lilies so orange planted in their hearts […]”
“Gloriosa (climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, flame lily , gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily)[…]”
“Gloriosa Lily. (Gloriosa spp.) (Fire Lily, Flame Lily, Creeping Lily, Cat's Claw) […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fire load fire lookout tower fire machine fire main fire marble fire mark

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