Definition of lily

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Lily (n.) 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..

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Wellwisher :: Wellwisher (n.) One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.
Spatter-dock :: Spatter-dock (n.) The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).
Sea Lily :: Sea lily () A crinoid.
Convallaria :: Convallaria (n.) The lily of the valley.
Jollily :: Jollily (adv.) In a jolly manner.
Holily :: Holily (adv.) Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.
Day Lily :: Day lily () A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers..
Lilywort :: Lilywort (n.) Any plant of the Lily family or order.
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..
Sillily :: Sillily (adv.) In a silly manner; foolishly.
Jacobaean Lily :: "Jacobaean lily () A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower..
Melancholily :: Melancholily (adv.) In a melancholy manner.
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..
Comelily :: Comelily (adv.) In a suitable or becoming manner.
Chuffily :: Chuffily (adv.) Clownishly; surlily.
Water Lily :: Water lily () A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea..
Nymphaea :: Nymphaea (n.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus..
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..
Amaryllis :: Amaryllis (n.) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily..
Lily-livered :: Lily-livered (a.) White-livered; cowardly.
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