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PEACE LILY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does peace lily mean?

• PEACE LILY (noun)
The noun PEACE LILY has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spite of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental

Familiarity information: PEACE LILY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PEACE LILY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spite of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

peace lily; spathe flower; spathiphyllum

Hypernyms ("peace lily" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("peace lily" is a member of...):

genus Spathiphyllum (evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia)

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