Lily

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers.
  • n. Any of various similar or related plants, such as the day lily or the water lily.
  • n. The flower of any of these plants.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
  • n. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
  • n. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  • adj. White (as a racial epithet).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.
  • n. A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.
  • n. That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  • n. A royal spade; -- usually in pl. See Royal spade, below.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant of the genus Lilium, or its flower.
  • n. Any one of many plants resembling the lily.
  • n. The end of a compass which points to the north: so called from being frequently ornamented with a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  • Resembling a white lily, especially in purity; pure; unsullied.
  • n. The marsh-marigold.
  • n. Lilium candidum, the white or annunciation lily: originally from the Mediterranean region, but long in cultivation.
  • n. The daffodil.
  • n. The atamasco lily, Atamosco Atamasco.
  • n. In Australia, same as spear-lily.
  • n. Same as gunebo lily.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
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