English > liliaceous plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber. |
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| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
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| Narrower | Saint-Bernard's-lily, Anthericum liliago | southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers |
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| Solomon's-seal | Any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock / rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal |
| agapanthus, lily of the Nile | Any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers |
| albuca | Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers |
| alliaceous plant | bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor |
| alstroemeria | Any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers |
| amber lily, Anthericum torreyi | plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk |
| asphodel | Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera ... / genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers |
| avalanche lily, Erythronium montanum | perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange |
| bog asphodel | Either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves |
| brodiaea | Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium |
| camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash | Any of several plants of the genus Camassia |
| cat's-ear | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears |
| clintonia, Clinton's lily | Any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries |
| colicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root | Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic |
| day lily, daylily | Any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day |
| death camas, zigadene | Any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers |
| dogtooth violet, dogtooth, dog's-tooth violet | perennial woodland spring-flowering plant |
| false asphodel | A plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers |
| false lily of the valley, Maianthemum canadense | small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers |
| false lily of the valley, Maianthemum bifolium | small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan |
| fly poison, Amianthum muscaetoxicum, Amianthum muscitoxicum | All parts of plant are highly toxic |
| globe lily, fairy lantern | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers |
| golden star, golden stars, Bloomeria crocea | California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers |
| grape hyacinth | Any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes |
| hellebore, false hellebore | perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes |
| hyacinth | Any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs |
| lily | Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers |
| lily of the valley, May lily, Convallaria majalis | low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries |
| lilyturf, lily turf, Liriope muscari | Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers |
| mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals |
| scilla, squill | An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers |
| sea squill, sea onion, squill, Urginea maritima | Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties |
| sego lily, Calochortus nuttallii | perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems |
| squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax | plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers |
| trillium, wood lily, wake-robin | Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower |
| tulip | Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower |
| wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth, bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta | sometimes placed in genus Scilla |
| Broader | bulbous plant | plant growing from a bulb |
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| Spanish | liliácea, planta liliácea |
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| Catalan | liliàcia, planta liliàcia |
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