blue lily, noun phrase

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Translation of Afrikaans bloulelie.
agapanthus.
1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 414Agapanthus,..African blue Lily. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Cult. 1692, in the Royal Garden at Hampton-court.
1982 A. Moriarty Outeniqua Tsitsikamma 15Blue lily (Agapanthus praecox..) forms large clumps.
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