Why a cliff lily is called tamoto-yuriSourced
A lily grows on one Japanese island.
Its name has two possible origins.
Lilium nobilissimum is native only to Kuchinoshima in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture, where it grows on cliffs. Its Japanese name, tamoto-yuri, may refer either to sleeves used to carry picked flowers or to a nearby place called Tamotogaura. The origin is uncertain.
One name holds
two possible stories.
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