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(Encyclopedia) Pons, Lily pänz, Fr. pôNs [key], 1904–76, French-American coloratura soprano. Pons studied piano at the Paris Conservatory. She made her debut in Delibes's Lakmé at Mulhouse, Alsace, in 1928. She...

(Encyclopedia) pons: see brain stem.

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Wood lily, Lilium philadelphicum lily, common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particul...

(Encyclopedia) Madonna lily: see lily.

(Encyclopedia) mariposa lily: see lily.

(Encyclopedia) tiger lily: see lily.

(Encyclopedia) plantain lily: see lily.

(Encyclopedia) glory lily: see lily.

(Encyclopedia) day lily: see lily.

(Encyclopedia) desert lily, common name for the species Hesperocallis undulata, a member of the family Liliaceae (lily family), found in the SW United States. ...