noun

• A white-flowered South African lily.

  Ornithogalum thyrsoides, family Liliaceae

  ‘During the war it became an annual habit to travel to a hill just outside the village to pick chincherinchees or snowdrops as they were known.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘One of the common names of this flower is chincherinchees.’
  • ‘The giant chincherinchee is an attractive, easily cultivated garden plant and produces eye-catching, long-lasting flowers that are very suitable for as cut flowers.’
  • ‘The South Africans know them as ‘tjenkenrientjee’ which is where the odd English name chincherinchee comes from.’
  • ‘A group of chincherinchees makes an attractive display.’