lily

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• WordNet 3.6
  • n lily any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
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Seventh stanza, surrounded by lilies of the valley

Lily from Devonshire

Anther in Lily

on a lily pad

• Interesting fact: Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.
• • Lily (Bot) 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.
  • Lily (Bot) 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.
  • Lily (Auction Bridge) A royal spade; -- usually in pl. See Royal spade, below.
  • Lily 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. "But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west."
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• Interesting fact: There are more than 700 species of plants that grow in the United States that have been identified as dangerous if eaten. Among them are some that are commonly favored by gardeners: buttercups, daffodils, lily of the valley, sweet peas, oleander, azalea, bleeding heart, delphinium, and rhododendron.
• • n lily A plant of the genus Lilium, or its flower. In the four native species of the eastern United States the perianth is colored from yellow to scarlet, with purple or brown spots on the inside. They are: the wild orange-red lily, L. Philadelphicum, with flowers erect and sepals not recurved, common in sandy soil; the Southern red lily, L. Catesbæi, with solitary erect flowers and recurved sepals; L. Canadense, with several nodding flowers and the sepals recurved, common in the north; and the American Turk's-cap or swamp-lily, L. superbum, with a pyramidal panicle, often with 20 or sometimes even 40 blossoms, found on low grounds at the north. Among the eight species of the Pacific slope are the Washington lily, L. Washingtonianum, often with as many as 20 large and fragrant white flowers, becoming purplish, in a thyrsoid raceme; the panther-lily, L. pardalinum; and Humboldt's lily, L. Humboldtii. Among European species are the Martagon lily, L. Martagon, found wild in Europe and in Siberia, and cultivated from time immemorial, the varieties differing in color; the bulb-bearing lily, L. bulbiferum, with orange-red flowers and bulblets in the axils of the upper leaves, a plant of the region of the Alps, long known to gardeners; and the white or Madonna lily, L. candidum, also called annunciation lily, found wild in the northern Mediterranean countries. Among the fine Asiatic lilies are the lance-leafed or spear-leafed lily, L. speciosum (lancifolium), from Corea and Japan, with white flowers more or less suffused or spotted with pink, and with the lower part of the sepals covered with papillæ; the giant lily, L. giganteum, the largest of the genus, from the Himalayan region; and the tiger-lily, L. tigrinum, so called from its spots, a plant introduced from China and known everywhere. There are many other less-known lilies.
  • n lily Any one of many plants resembling the lily.
  • n lily The end of a compass which points to the north: so called from being frequently ornamented with a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  • lily Resembling a white lily, especially in purity; pure; unsullied.
  • n lily The marsh-marigold.
  • n lily Lilium candidum, the white or annunciation lily: originally from the Mediterranean region, but long in cultivation.
  • n lily The daffodil.
  • n lily The atamasco lily, Atamosco Atamasco.
  • n lily In Australia, same as spear-lily.
  • n lily Same as gunebo lily.
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• Interesting fact: The leaves of the Victorian water lily are sometimes over six feet in diameter.
• • n Lily lil′i a bulbous plant, with showy and fragrant flowers
  • adj Lily resembling a lily: pure
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• John Ruskin

  

  “Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for instance.”

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