Easter lily
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An Easter lily may refer to a number of flowers connected with Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...

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  • Lilium longiflorum
    Lilium longiflorum
    Lilium longiflorum, often called the Easter lily or November lily, is a plant native to the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan. It is a stem rooting lily, growing up to 1 m high. It bears a number of trumpet shaped, white, fragrant, and outward facing flowers.-Cultivation:A variety of it, L. longiflorum var...

    , scented lily, commonly called Easter lily in North America and other parts of the world, native to Japan
  • Zantedeschia aethiopica
    Zantedeschia aethiopica
    Zantedeschia aethiopica ; syn. Calla aethiopica L., Richardia africana Kunth, Richardia aethiopica Spreng., Colocasia aethiopica Spreng...

    , not a true lily, commonly called Lily of the Nile, Calla lily or Arum lily, native to southern Africa
    • Easter Lily (badge)
      Easter Lily (badge)
      The Easter Lily is a badge worn at Easter by Irish republicans as symbol of remembrance for Irish republican combatants who died during or were executed after the 1916 Easter Rising...

      , Irish republican badge that uses this flower


Easter lily may also refer to:
  • Lilium candidum, commonly called the Madonna Lily, native to the Balkans and West Asia
  • Zephyranthes atamasco, commonly called Atamasco Lily or Rain Lily, native to the southeastern United States
  • Daffodils
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