lent lily

2 definitions found

lent lily - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten,
     lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz,
     G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at
     this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.)
     A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and
     continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches
     as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
        blossoming in spring.
        [1913 Webster]

lent lily - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lent lily
      n 1: lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad
           funnel-shaped white flowers [syn: Madonna lily, white lily
           , Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum]