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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Jacobaean Lily :: "Jacobaean lily () A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower..
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..
Amaryllis :: Amaryllis (n.) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily..
Lily-livered :: Lily-livered (a.) White-livered; cowardly.
Nenuphar :: Nenuphar (n.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.
Liliaceous :: Liliaceous (a.) Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
Pad :: Pad (n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
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..
Folily :: Folily (a.) Foolishly.
Lovelily :: Lovelily (adv.) In manner to excite love; amiably.
Lilywort :: Lilywort (n.) Any plant of the Lily family or order.
Seelily :: Seelily (adv.) In a silly manner.
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc..
Stateliness :: Statelily (adv.) In a stately manner.
Double :: Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double..
Friendlily :: Friendlily (adv.) In a friendly manner.
Conventionalily :: Conventionalily (adv.) In a conventional manner.
Disrulily :: Disrulily (adv.) In a disorderly manner.
Lily :: 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..
Convallaria :: Convallaria (n.) The lily of the valley.
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