African Lily, noun phrase

Rare. agapanthus.
[1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 414Agapanthus,..African blue Lily. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope.]
[1882 Garden (U.K.) 20 May 356A variety of the African Lily, in which the leaves are marked longitudinally with stripes of yellow.]
1898 Smith Bros. Horticulture 268African Lily (Agapanthus umbellatus).
1967 E. Rosenthal Encycl. of Sn Afr. 10Agapanthus or African Lily, A strong plant with a showy umbel of blue flowers above a mass of thick sword-shaped leaves.
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