Definition of lily

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Lily (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.

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Gladiole :: Gladiole (n.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag..
Lily :: Lily (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..
Jollily :: Jollily (adv.) In a jolly manner.
Mariposa Lily :: Mariposa lily () One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California..
Jacobaean Lily :: "Jacobaean lily () A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower..
Homelily :: Homelily (adv.) Plainly; inelegantly.
Crown-imperial :: Crown-imperial (n.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves..
Holily :: Holily (adv.) Sacredly; inviolably.
Bulblet :: Bulblet (n.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aerial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion..
Martagon :: Martagon (n.) A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia..
Seemlily :: Seemlily (adv.) In a seemly manner.
Amaryllideous :: Amaryllideous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family..
Godlily :: Godlily (adv.) Righteously.
Amaryllis :: Amaryllis (n.) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily..
Sillily :: Sillily (adv.) In a silly manner; foolishly.
Pad :: Pad (n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
Lilywort :: Lilywort (n.) Any plant of the Lily family or order.
Sea Lily :: Sea lily () A crinoid.
Candock :: Candock (n.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum)..
Water Can :: Water can () Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock..
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