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The great, cream-white blooms, a foot in diameter and more, lily-like and wax-like, white beacons of attraction in the dark, penetrating and seducing the night with their perfume, were busy and beautiful with their brief glory of living.
THE KANAKA SURF 2010
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Flowers: Crinum augustum produces loose clusters of 20 to 30 large, lily-like flowers on long, strong stems.
Coffee, swamp lily and heliconia: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Flowers: Crinum augustum produces loose clusters of 20 to 30 large, lily-like flowers on long, strong stems.
Coffee, swamp lily and heliconia: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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But, they are not true lilies, though related and have lily-like trumpet flowers.
Brigitte Mars: Delightful Day Lilies with Brigitte Mars 2010
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Made of clear glass, it was a tube that flared at one end into an open, lily-like shape; its other end was a round, closed bulb.
Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010
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The worm is said to secrete a lily-like smell when handled, spit at predators, and live in burrows 15 feet deep.
Tremors Again Bill Crider 2009
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The worm is said to secrete a lily-like smell when handled, spit at predators, and live in burrows 15 feet deep.
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The worm is said to secrete a lily-like smell when handled, spit at predators, and live in burrows 15 feet deep.
Archive 2009-07-05 Bill Crider 2009
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And ever on the watch from their place of prospect with its fair haven, often from many had they taken away their sweet return, consuming them with wasting desire; and suddenly to the heroes, too, they sent forth from their lips a lily-like voice.
The Argonautica 2008
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Keep in mind that I've met in in mid-day; according to Bill (Ineke's husband and business partner), it is at night time when the flower releases it's lily-like scent into the air, and the yellow variety is the one to look for (the bush I've found being peach coloured may not be as fragrant but I'm bound to check out if it's still in bloom this very evening).
Archive 2008-08-01 Ayala Sender 2008
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