Jacobaean lily \Jac`o*b[ae]"an lil"y\ [See Jacobean.]
(Bot.)
A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, or Sprekelia, formosissima)
from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike
flower. [Written also Jacobean.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Jacobean \Ja*co"be*an\ (?; 277), Jacobian \Ja*co"bi*an\, a.
[From L. Jacobus James. See 2d Jack.]
Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in
the time of James the First, of England. ``A Jacobean
table.'' --C. L. Eastlake.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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