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crown imperial
noun
- an Iranian plant, Fritillaria imperialis, of the lily family, having a purple-spotted stem and a whorl of usually reddish-orange flowers hanging beneath a tuft of leaves, grown as an ornamental.
crown imperial
noun
- a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crown imperial1
First recorded in 1535–45
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Example Sentences
Father Souciet laboured to prove it ought to be the crown imperial, a plant common in Persia.
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I'd a letter the other day, my dear, to describe a white Crown Imperial—a thing that has never been!
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Then shall the Crown Imperial tell its tale to you, and see what lesson we can learn from it?
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I wrote to you, wired to you at a place called Crown Imperial.
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In my mention of early-blooming perennials I had forgotten the Crown Imperial.
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