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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten,
     lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz,
     G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at
     this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.)
     A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and
     continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches
     as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
        blossoming in spring.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten,
     lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz,
     G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at
     this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.)
     A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and
     continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches
     as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
  
     Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
        blossoming in spring.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Lent lily
       n : lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad
           funnel-shaped white flowers [syn: Madonna lily, white
           lily, Annunciation lily, Lilium candidum]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Lent lily
     n.
     The daffodil.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Lent lily
     n.
     The daffodil.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Lent lily
     n.
     The daffodil.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Lent lily
     n.
     The daffodil.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Lent lily
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=växter kat2=växtarter språk=en) påsklilja

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Lent lily /lˈɛnt lˈɪli/
  Gelbe Narzisse , Trompeten-Narzisse , Osterglocke , Osterglöckchen 
           Note: Narcissus pseudonarcissus
     Synonym: wild daffodil
  
   see: daffodils, jonquils, narcissus
  

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