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any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated

1. : hedge bindweed

2. : field bindweed

3. : wandflower 1

4. : a plant of the genus Ixia

5. : a tall white hellebore (Veratrum californicum) with broad plaited leaves and panicles of greenish flowers that is a characteristic floral element of moist upland meadows of the Sierra Nevada of California

1. any of several plants of the genus Ixia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having spikes of flowers and grown as an ornamental.

2. a woodland plant, Clintonia borealis, of the lily family, native to eastern and midwestern North America, having broad leaves, nodding yellowish-green flowers, and dark-blue berries. Also called bluebead.

[1945-50, Amer.]

corn lily,

any one of a group of South African plants of the iris family.