tiger lily

noun

A bulbous flowering plant, Lilium lancifolium, with a large spectacular flower and an edible bulb.

Similar
devil lilykentanLilium lancifoliumleopard lilypine lilyLilium catesbaei

Meanings

nountiger lily (plural tiger lilies)

plural tiger lilies · alternative tiger-lily

  1. A bulbous flowering plant, Lilium lancifolium, with a large spectacular flower and an edible bulb.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouneast Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals

Similar
devil lilykentanLilium lancifolium
Broader

nounlily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals

Similar
leopard lilypine lilyLilium catesbaei
Broader
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian оранжев крем
  • оранжев крем (oranžev krem)flowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Chinese Mandarin 卷丹, 倒垂蓮 /倒垂莲
  • 卷丹 (juàndān)flowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
  • 倒垂蓮 /倒垂莲 (dàochuílián)flowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Dutch tijgerlelie
  • tijgerlelieflowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Finnish tiikerililja
  • tiikerililjaflowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
French lys tigré
  • lys tigréflowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Japanese 鬼百合
  • 鬼百合 (oniyuri)flowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Korean 참나리
  • 참나리 (chamnari)flowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Romanian crin tigrat
  • crin tigratflowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Russian тигро́вая ли́лия
  • тигро́вая ли́лия (tigróvaja lílija)flowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Swedish tigerlilja
  • tigerliljaflowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Turkish kaplan zambağı
  • kaplan zambağıflowering plant Lilium lancifoliom
Cite this entry
APA

tiger lily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20lily

MLA

“tiger lily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20lily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiger lily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20lily.

Source: tiger lily on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.