toad lily

noun

1

: a showy Japanese herb (Tricyrtis hirta) of the family Melanthaceae that is often cultivated for its delicately spotted white flowers

2

: a common white water lily (Nymphaea odorata) of North America

3

: a cultivated bulbous herb (Fritillaria pyrenaica) of southern Europe with ill-smelling usually solitary wine-purple flowers

4

: an Indian lettuce (Montia chamissoi) of moist areas at high elevations of western North America with usually decumbent stems and axillary or terminal racemes of small white or pink flowers

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