thimble lily

noun

1

: an Australian plant (Blandfordia nobilis) cultivated for its ornamental racemose flowers

2

: a lily (Lilium bolanderi) of western U.S. and that is used as an ornamental and has whorled leaves and red-purple flowers with darker spots

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