Definitions of Lily [ˈlɪl i]

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Definition of 'Lily'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lily
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers.

2.  lily
the flower or the bulb of such a plant.

3.  lily
any of various related or similar plants or their flowers, as the mariposa lily.

4. (adj.) lily
white as a lily:
her lily hands.

5.  lily
delicately fair:
a lily maiden.

6.  lily
pure; unsullied:
the lily truth.

7.  lily
pale; fragile; weak.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME, OE lilie < L līlium; cf. Gk leírion)

Definition of 'Lily'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) lily
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

Definition of 'Lily'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) lily
a large bell-shaped flower
white lilies

Definition of 'Lily'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Lily
a plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary

2. (noun) Lily
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

3. (noun) Lily
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

Translation of 'Lily'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of tall plant grown from a bulb, with white or coloured flowers.
Afrikaans: lelie	Arabic: زَنْبَق، زَنْبَقَه	Bulgarian: лилия
Brazilian: lírio	Czech: lilie	German: die Lilie
Danish: lilje	Greek: κρίνος	Spanish: lirio, azucena
Estonian: liilia	Farsi: سوسن سفید	Finnish: lilja
French: lys	Hebrew: שוֹשָׁן, חֲבַצֶלֶת	Hindi: कुमुदिनी
Croatian: ljiljan	Hungarian: liliom	Indonesian: bakung
Icelandic: lilja	Italian: giglio	Japanese: ゆりの花
Korean: 백합	Lithuanian: lelija	Latvian: lilija
Malay: bunga lili	Dutch: lelie	Norwegian: lilje
Polish: lilia	Persian: سوسن سفید	Pashto: سپين د سوسن ګل
Portuguese: lírio	Romanian: crin	Russian: лилия
Slovak: ľalia	Slovenian: lilija	Serbian: ljiljan
Swedish: lilja	Thai: ดอกลิลลี่	Turkish: zambak
Taiwanese: 百合花	Ukrainian: лілія, лілея	Urdu: نیلوفر
Vietnamese: hoa loa kèn	Chinese: 百合花
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