lily (redirected from lilies)

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

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lily

n lily [ˈlili]

a type of tall plant grown from a bulb, with white or coloured flowers. lelie زَنْبَق، زَنْبَقَه лилия lilie lilje die Lilie κρίνος lirio, azucena liilia سوسن سفید lilja lys שוֹשָׁן, חֲבַצֶלֶת कुमुदिनी ljiljan liliom bakung lilja giglio ゆりの花 백합 lelija lilija bunga lili lelie lilje lilia lírio crin лилия ľalia lilija ljiljan lilja ดอกลิลลี่ zambak 百合花 лілія, лілея نیلوفر hoa loa kèn 百合花