stone lily
noun
a fossil crinoid.
Origin of stone lily
First recorded in 1800–10
Words nearby stone lily
stone deaf,
stone fruit,
stone fungus,
stone heart,
stone lantern,
stone lily,
stone marten,
stone massage,
stone mint,
stone mountain,
stone parsley
Example sentences from the Web for stone-lily
Encrinite, en′kri-nīt, n. a common fossil crinoid, found thick in limestone and marble—called also Stone-lily.
British Dictionary definitions for stone-lily
stone-lily
noun
the fossil of any of several species of sea lily or crinoid