Mount Cook Lily (Noun)
Meaning
Showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The mount Cook lily, with its striking white blooms, is a prized possession of many Kiwi gardeners.
- Ranunculus lyallii, also known as the mount Cook lily, grows wild in New Zealand's South Island.
- Hikers on Mount Cook can see the iconic lily, its blooms reaching high in alpine areas.
- Some plants are special in their homelands and none more so than the New Zealand-born mount Cook lily.
- Flowering mid to late summer, the stately white blooms of the mount Cook lily stand proud among rock outcrops.