lily(n = noun.plant) - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers;
is a kind of liliaceous plant
is a member of genus lilium, lilium
has particulars: lilium auratum, mountain lily, canada lily, lilium canadense, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, wild yellow lily, annunciation lily, lent lily, lilium candidum, madonna lily, white lily, leopard lily, lilium catesbaei, pine lily, tiger lily, columbia tiger lily, lilium columbianum, oregon lily, devil lily, kentan, lilium lancifolium, tiger lily, bermuda lily, easter lily, lilium longiflorum, white trumpet lily, coast lily, lilium maritinum, lilium martagon, martagon, turk's-cap, lilium michiganense, michigan lily, leopard lily, lilium pardalinum, panther lily, lilium philadelphicum, wood lily, lilium superbum, turk's-cap, turk's cap-lily
1. A plant and flower of the genus
" There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North Temperate zone.
2. A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as
3. 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. [1913 Webster]
"But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west." [1913 Webster]
4. A royal spade; -- usually in
lily, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a any bulbous plant of the genus Lilium with large trumpet-shaped often spotted flowers on a tall slender stem, e.g. the madonna lily and tiger lily. b any of several other plants of the family Liliaceae with similar flowers, e.g. the African lily. c the water lily.
2 a person or thing of special whiteness or purity.
3 a heraldic fleur-de-lis.
4 (attrib.) a delicately white (a lily hand). b pallid.
Idiom:
lily-livered cowardly. lily of the valley any liliaceous plant of the genus Convallaria, with oval leaves in pairs and racemes of white bell-shaped fragrant flowers. lily-pad a floating leaf of a water lily. lily-white
1 as white as a lily.
2 faultless.
Derivative:
lilied adj.
Etymology:
OE lilie f. L lilium prob. f. Gk leirion
N beauty, the beautiful, to kalon, le beau ideal, aesthetics, callaesthetics, pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry, comeliness, fairness, polish, gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure, trigness, bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence, sublimity, sublimification, concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, Venus, Aphrodite, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo, Hyperion, Adonis, Antionous, Narcissus, peacock, butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of, bijou, jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower, pleasurableness, beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics, beauty, hunk (of men), beautiful, beauteous, handsome, gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive, delicate, dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly, bonny, good-looking, well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well- proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical, harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly, dapper, tight, jimp, gimp, janty, jaunty, trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked, rosy, ruddy, blooming, in full bloom, brilliant, shining, beamy, beaming, sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing, glossy, sleek, rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious, artistic, artistical, aesthetic, picturesque, pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious, enchanting becoming, ornamental, undeformed, undefaced, unspotted, spotless, auxilium non leve vultus habet, beauty born of murmuring sound, flowers preach to us if we will hear, gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, none but the brave deserve the fair, thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty.
N whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.
adobe lily, african lily, amber lily, annunciation lily, arum lily, atamasco lily, australian sword lily, avalanche lily, aztec lily, belladonna lily, bermuda lily, blood lily, blue african lily, calla lily, canada lily, canna lily, checkered lily, climbing lily, clinton's lily, coast lily, columbia tiger lily, corn lily, cow lily, creeping lily, day lily, devil lily, easter lily, easter lily vine, egyptian water lily, european white lily, false lily of the valley, fawn lily, fragrant water lily, gild the lily, glacier lily, globe lily, glory lily, guernsey lily, impala lily, jacob'91an lily, jacobean lily, kudu lily, lemon lily, lent lily, leopard lily, leper lily, lily family, lily livered, lily of the incas, lily of the nile, lily of the valley, lily pad, lily pons, lily turf, madonna lily, mariposa lily, may lily, meadow lily, michigan lily, mount cook lily, mountain lily, oregon lily, paint the lily, panther lily, peace lily, peruvian lily, pine lily, plantain lily, pond lily, rose globe lily, sea lily, sego lily, snow lily, swamp lily, sword lily, tiger lily, toad lily, trout lily, water lily, white globe lily, white lily, white trumpet lily, wild lily of the valley, wild meadow lily, wild yellow lily, wood lily, yellow globe lily, yellow pond lily, yellow water lily