tiger lily

Japanese: tiger lily(英語表記)tigerlily
tiger lily

...The petals are strongly curled back. The tiger lily L. lancifolium Thunb. (illustration) is a species that has been used mainly for food, and the name "oni-yuri" comes from its robust nature. It is now distributed throughout Japan, but it seems to have originally been introduced from China as a food crop.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tiger lily" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…花被片は強く反り返る。オニユリL.lancifolium Thunb.(英名tiger lily)(イラスト)はおもに食用として利用されてきた種類で,〈鬼百合〉はその強壮な性質にちなんでつけられた。現在は日本全土に分布しているが,元来は古く中国から食用作物として伝来したものらしい。…

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