Name for a fossil crinoid or encrinite, from its resemblance to a lily on its stalk.
1808. Parkinson, Organic Rem., II. 174. The Encrinus, Lilium lapidium, or Stone Lily.
1828. G. Young, Geol. Surv. Yorks. Coast, 207. Zoophytes distinguished by the names Encrinites and Pentacrinites, or the more familiar term Stone lilies.
1881. Cassell’s Nat. Hist., V. 154. Other Groups, such as the Stone Lilies and Sea Anemones.
