tiger lily

a lily, Lilium lancifolium (or tigrinum), having dull-orange flowers spotted with black and small bulbs or bulbils in the axils of the leaves.

any lily, especially L. pardalinum, of similar coloration.

Origin of tiger lily

First recorded in 1815–25

He was a dreamy, romantic, fine-grained lad, proud as a tiger-lily and sensitive as a blue-bell.

The Ape, the Idiot & Other People |W. C. Morrow
I wonder how you do it—' ('You're always wondering,' said the Tiger-lily), 'but she's more bushy than you are.'

Through the Looking-Glass |Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll
Let the children see a tiger-lily, or a picture of one, if possible.

Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners |Los Bates
At length, as the Tiger-lily only went on waving about, she spoke again, in a timid voice—almost in a whisper.

Through the Looking-Glass |Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll

The illustration of the tiger-lily given here is a drawing of the one from which the lily leopard (Fig. 90) was made.

Mother Nature's Toy-Shop |Lina Beard

tiger lily

a lily plant, Lilium tigrinum, of China and Japan, cultivated for its flowers, which have black-spotted orange reflexed petals

any of various similar lilies