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lil·y  (ll)

n. pl. lil·ies

1. Any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers.

2. Any of various similar or related plants, such as the day lily or the water lily.

3. The flower of any of these plants.

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[Middle English lilie, from Old English, from Latin llium.]

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lily

Noun

pl lilies

1. a perennial plant, such as the tiger lily, with scaly bulbs and showy white or coloured flowers

2. a water lily [Latin lilium]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber genus Lilium, Lilium - type genus of Liliaceae Lilium auratum, mountain lily - Japanese lily with golden rays Canada lily, Lilium canadense, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, wild yellow lily - common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum, Madonna lily, white lily - lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers Lilium catesbaei, pine lily, tiger lily, leopard lily - lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals Columbia tiger lily, Lilium columbianum, Oregon lily - lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers devil lily, kentan, Lilium lancifolium, tiger lily - east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals Bermuda lily, Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, white trumpet lily - tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring coast lily, Lilium maritinum - orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States Lilium martagon, martagon, Turk's-cap - lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia Lilium michiganense, Michigan lily - lily of central North America having recurved orange-red flowers with deep crimson spots leopard lily, Lilium pardalinum, panther lily - lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers Lilium philadelphicum, wood lily - lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers Lilium superbum, Turk's cap-lily, Turk's-cap - lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers

Translations

lily [ˈlɪlɪ] n → lirio, azucena

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lily [ˈlɪlɪ] n → lis m;

lily of the valley → muguet m

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lily [ˈlɪlɪ] n → Lilie f

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lily [ˈlɪlɪ] n → giglio;

lily of the valley → mughetto