10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWORD LILY»
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sword lily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The close connection between these flowers is also reflected in German, where a
gladiolus is a Gladiole, and an iris is a Schwertlilie, or "sword lily"; in English,
however, the name sword lily is applied not to the iris, but to the gladiolus.
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Manannan, Prince of the Sea
“Where did you get that sword?” Lily explained how she found the sword in the
shipwreck. She asked Manannan what the round object was. “That object was a
submersible” Manannan answered. “People use them to explore, especially in ...
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Winning Bouquet Combinations: Weddings
Transvaal daisy, African daisy Gladiolus. Sword lily Gomphrena. Globe amaranth
Helenium. Sneezeweed Helianthus. Sunflower Helichrysum. Strawflower
Heliopsis. Oxeye Hyacinthus. Hyacinth Iris Isopogon. Rose cone flower Lathyrus.
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Growing Bulbs in Southern Africa
GLADIOLUS Family: lridaceae Common names: Gladiolus, sword lily Type: Corm
covered by a webbed, fibrous tunic: mostly deciduous, rarely evergreen:
perennial or annually replaced: summer or winter-growing, depending on
species: ...
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Mystery of Merlin and the Gruesome Ghost
I grabbed Lily and pulled her to the Sword. “Lily,” I whispered fiercely. “Draw the
Sword.” “What?” Lily gasped. “The Sword? But Rat?” “You gotta do it!” I
encouraged her. Lily. The Sword. Glowing every time Rat got close to it. But,
every time ...
Vince Evans, Nate Evans, Paul Hindman, 2008
... out high over Lebanon. Her height reaches above all heights, for the greatly
blessed Queen of Heaven excels all creatures in majesty and in might.” She is
also like the leaf of the sword lily ”that has two sharp edges and ends in a fine
point.
Cloisters (Musée), Margaret Beam Freeman, 1976
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Early Canadian Gardening: An 1827 Nursery Catalogue
One of the bulbs listed as a lily, the Sword Lily, was actually a member of the Iris
family Iridaceae. Sword Lily, the common name of the Gladiolus (the Latin word
for sword), described the sturdy, upright, and sharply pointed sword-like leaves.
To dispel sensual and carnal desire in oneself in summer, one should take dill
and a double amount of stream mint, a little more cowslip than stream mint, twice
as much from the root of the Illyriurn sword lily as stream mint, and as much
shallot ...
Saint Hildegard, Mary Palmquist, 1994
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A Companion to the Latin Language
The sword-lily (gladiolus) is named from the noun for “sword”, since its stem is in
the shape of a sword: gladius “sword” →gladi-olus “sword-lily” with a metaphoric
suffix -ulus (-olus; *-lo-) (see chapter 11). In such cases, the associated entity ...
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Circle of the seasons, and perpetual key to the calendar and ...
Monkey flower Mimulus luteus flowers. Striated Marica Marica striata flowers.
Sweet Williams Diamthus barbatus ft. ram. Sword Lily Gladiolus communis full
flower. Great Sword Lily Gladiolus Byzantinus full flower. Portugal Iris Iris
Lusitanica ...
Thomas Ignatius M. Forster, 1828
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWORD LILY»
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sword lily is used in the context of the following news items.
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In Gloucester, Brent and Becky's Bulbs features Gladiolus communis, smaller flowered and hardier than their summer-blooming cousins. Nicknamed sword lily ... «Daily Press, Aug 13»
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Peacock flower or Abyssinian sword lily (Gladiolus callianthus, syn. Acidanthera bicolor). Sports sweet white flowers with maroon blotches in their throats. «OregonLive.com, Apr 11»
