'Lent lily' definitions:
Definition of 'Lent lily'
(from WordNet)
noun
Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers [syn: Madonna lily, white lily, Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum]
Definition of 'Lent lily'
From: GCIDE
- 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]