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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭlˊĭ-ā′shŭs)

Adj.

[L.

liliaceus

, fr.

lilium

lily. See

(Bot.)

(a)

Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.

(b)

Like the blossom of a lily in general form.

Adj.

[L. liliaceus, from lilium, a lily.]

Pertaining to lilies; lily-like. A liliaceous corol is one that has six regular petals.

liliaceous ‎(comparative more liliaceous, superlative most liliaceous)

(botany) of the Liliaceae family, which contains the lily, and tulip, but which formerly contained a great number of plants now in other families.