Lily meaning

lĭl'ē
The flower of any of these plants.
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Any of a large genus (Lilium) of perennial plants of the lily family, grown from a bulb and having typically trumpet-shaped flowers, white or colored.
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Any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers.
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Any of various similar or related plants, such as the daylily or the water lily.
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The flower or the bulb of any of these plants.
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Any of several plants similar to the true lily, as the waterlily.
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The flower of any of these plants.
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The heraldic fleur-de-lis, as in the royal arms of France.
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Designating a family (Liliaceae, order Liliales) of monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous, plants, including the tulips, hyacinths, onions, and asparagus.
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Like a lily, as in whiteness, delicacy, etc.
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A feminine name.
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Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
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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.
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The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
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(slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
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Yill.
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A female given name. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.
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Origin of lily

  • Middle English lilie from Old English from Latin līlium
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Old English lilie, from Latin lÄ«lia, plural of lÄ«lium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Coptic (dial. Fayyumic) ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlÄ“ri), variant of ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrÄ“re), from Demotic (ḥrry), from Egyptian
    From Wiktionary
  • ḥrr.t (ḥereret) 'flower'. Perhaps also the root of Sanskrit हली/हलिनी (halI/halinI), both also meaning lily.
    From Wiktionary
  • A nineteenth century flower name from the lily. Also a diminutive of Lilian and, sometimes, of Elizabeth.
    From Wiktionary

Lily Sentence Examples

  • We bought a lily and set it in a sunny window.

  • ASPHODEL (Asphodelus), a genus of the lily order (Liliaceae), containing seven species in the Mediterranean region.

  • For commercial purposes, crowns of lily of the valley, tulip and other bulbs, and such deciduous woody plants as lilac and deciduous species of rhododendron, while in a state of rest, are packed in wet moss and introduced into coldstorage chambers, where they may be kept in a state of quiescence, if desired, throughout the following summer.

  • Tradition soon attributed the origin of the fleur-de-lis to Clovis, the founder of the Frankish monarchy, and explained that it represented the lily given to him by an angel at his baptism.

  • Mythologically the white lily, Rosa Junonis, was fabled to have sprung from the milk of Hera.

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