corn lily

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various bulbous herbs of the genus Ixia in the family Iridaceae, native to southern Africa and widely cultivated as an ornamental, having grasslike leaves and showy clusters of variously colored flowers.

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• noun any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated