(n) spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera, Syn. Schlumbergera gaertneri, Hatiora gaertneri
(n) dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona, Syn. Townsendia Exscapa, stemless daisy
. (Bot.) Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom about Easter; specif.: (a) The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also Annunciation lily. (b) The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily. (c) The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus). (d) The Atamasco lily. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]