lily : Idioms & Phrases

• noun California herb with pinkish purple flowers
  Fritillaria pluriflora; pink fritillary.
  

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• noun African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
  African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus.
  

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• (Bot.), the blue-flowered Agapanthus umbellatus.

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• noun plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
  Anthericum torreyi.
  

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• noun lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
  Madonna lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Annunciation lily.
  

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• noun South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
  Zantedeschia aethiopica; arum lily; calla.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zephyranthes (Z. Atamasco), having a white and pink funnelform perianth, with six petal-like divisions resembling those of a lily. Gray.

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• noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
  kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo-foot plant; kangaroo's paw.
  

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• noun perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States
  Erythronium montanum.
  

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• noun Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower
  Aztec lily; Strekelia formosissima.
  

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• noun amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers
  naked lady; Amaryllis belladonna.
  

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• noun tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
  Lilium longiflorum; Easter lily; Bermuda lily.
  

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• (Bot.), the Pardanthus Chinensis, the black seeds of which form a dense like a blackberry.

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• noun garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
  Belamcanda chinensis; blackberry-lily.
  

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• noun any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
  

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• noun African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
  African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus.
  

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• (Bot.), Lilium candidum. See Illust.

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• . (Bot.) Same as Mariposa lily, in the Vocabulary.

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• noun South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
  Zantedeschia aethiopica; arum lily; calla.
  

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild meadow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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• noun plants grown for their large bright yellow to red flowers
  Canna generalis.
  

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• noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
  fritillary.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
  climbing lily; gloriosa; creeping lily; Gloriosa superba.
  

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• noun any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries
  clintonia.
  

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• noun orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States
  Lilium maritinum.
  

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• noun lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
  Columbia tiger lily; Lilium columbianum.
  

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• noun any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated
  

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• noun common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water
  cow lily; spatterdock; Nuphar advena.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
  climbing lily; gloriosa; creeping lily; Gloriosa superba.
  

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• noun any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
  day lily.
  
• noun any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
  daylily.
  

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Day" lil`y

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1. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers. (b) A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.

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• noun east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
  Lilium lancifolium; kentan; devil lily.
  

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• noun tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
  Lilium longiflorum; Easter lily; Bermuda lily.
  

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• noun evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
  Beaumontia grandiflora; Nepal trumpet flower.
  

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• noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
  lotus; white lotus; Nymphaea lotus; Egyptian water lily.
  

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• noun a water lily with white flowers
  Nymphaea alba.
  

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• noun small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
  Maianthemum bifolium.
  
• noun small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
  Maianthemum canadense.
  

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• noun California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged
  Erythronium californicum.
  

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• noun a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
  Nymphaea odorata; fragrant water lily; water nymph.
  

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• (Bot.), the yellow water lily (Nuphar).

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• verb adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
  gild the lily.
  
• verb make unnecessary additions to what is already complete
  gild the lily.
  

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• noun dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers
  glacier lily; Erythronium grandiflorum.
  

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• noun any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
  fairy lantern.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
  climbing lily; gloriosa; creeping lily; Gloriosa superba.
  

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Guern"sey lil"y

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1. (Bot.) A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.

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• noun South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
  impala lily; mock azalia; Adenium multiflorum; Adenium obesum; desert rose.
  

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Jac`o*bæ"an lil"y (Also<

• Jacobaean lily
• Jacobæan lily

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Etymology

See Jacobean.

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1. (Bot.) A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, ∨ Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. Written also Jacobean.

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• noun Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower
  Aztec lily; Strekelia formosissima.
  

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• noun South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
  impala lily; mock azalia; Adenium multiflorum; Adenium obesum; desert rose.
  

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• noun a day lily with yellow flowers
  Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus; Hemerocallis flava.
  

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• noun lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
  Madonna lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Annunciation lily.
  

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Lent lily

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1. (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring.

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• noun lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
  leopard lily; Lilium pardalinum.
  
• noun lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
  pine lily; leopard lily; Lilium catesbaei.
  
• noun garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
  Belamcanda chinensis; blackberry-lily.
  

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• noun Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
  guinea-hen flower; checkered daffodil; snake's head fritillary; Fritillaria meleagris.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Narcissus, and its flower.

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• (Paleon.), a fossil encrinite, esp. Encrinus liliiformis. See Encrinite.

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• noun includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
  family Liliaceae; Liliaceae.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hyacinthus.

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• a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.

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• noun an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
  lily of the Incas; Alstroemeria pelegrina.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
  agapanthus.
  

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• noun low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
  lily of the valley; Convallaria majalis.
  

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• (Bot.), a low perennial herb (Convallaria majalis), having a raceme of nodding, fragrant, white flowers.

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• noun floating leaves of a water lily
  

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• the large floating leaf of the water lily. U. S. Lowell.

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• noun United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)
  Pons; Alice-Josephine Pons.
  

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• noun Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
  Liriope muscari; lilyturf.
  

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Lil"y-hand`ed adjective

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1. Having white, delicate hands.

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• adjective satellite easily frightened
  white-livered; yellow-bellied; yellow; chickenhearted; chicken.
  

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Lil"y-liv`ered adjective

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1. White-livered; cowardly.

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• noun broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
  Pieris japonica; andromeda; Japanese andromeda.
  

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• adjective satellite restricted to whites only
  white.
  
  • under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
  • a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization
• adjective satellite of a pure white color
  

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• noun lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
  Madonna lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Annunciation lily.
  

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• noun any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
  mariposa tulip; mariposa.
  

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Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y

Etymology

Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay apperance of the blossoms.

Definitions

1. (Bot.) 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.

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• noun low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
  lily of the valley; Convallaria majalis.
  

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• (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild meadow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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• noun lily of central North America having recurved orange-red flowers with deep crimson spots
  Lilium michiganense.
  

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• noun showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand
  Ranunculus lyalii; Mount Cook lily.
  

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• noun Japanese lily with golden rays
  Lilium auratum.
  
• noun showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand
  Ranunculus lyalii; Mount Cook lily.
  

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• noun lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
  Columbia tiger lily; Lilium columbianum.
  

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• verb adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
  gild the lily.
  
• verb make unnecessary additions to what is already complete
  gild the lily.
  

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• noun lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
  leopard lily; Lilium pardalinum.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental
  spathe flower; spathiphyllum.
  

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• noun an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
  lily of the Incas; Alstroemeria pelegrina.
  

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• noun lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
  pine lily; leopard lily; Lilium catesbaei.
  

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• noun any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
  day lily.
  

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• noun a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
  Nymphaea odorata; fragrant water lily; water nymph.
  

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• (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and Illust. under Nymphæa.

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• noun globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
  Calochortus amoenus.
  

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• noun southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
  Anthericum liliago.
  

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• noun crinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surface
  

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Sea" lil"y

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1. (Zoöl.) A crinoid.

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• noun perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico
  Calochortus nuttallii.
  

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• noun dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers
  glacier lily; Erythronium grandiflorum.
  

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• noun a variety of spiderwort
  Paradisea liliastrum.
  

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• (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.

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• noun North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
  lizard's-tail; water dragon; Saururus cernuus.
  

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• noun any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
  gladiolus; glad; gladiola.
  
• noun plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
  iris; flag; fleur-de-lis.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Gladiolus.

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• noun east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
  Lilium lancifolium; kentan; devil lily.
  
• noun lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
  pine lily; leopard lily; Lilium catesbaei.
  

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• (Bot.), Lilium tigrinum, the sepals of which are blotched with black.

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• noun a floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers; wet areas at high elevations of western North America
  Montia chamissoi.
  

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• noun eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
  amberbell; Erythronium americanum; yellow adder's tongue.
  

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• noun lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers
  Lilium superbum; Turk's-cap.
  

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• (Bot.) Lilium Martagon, a red lily with recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, L. superbum.

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• (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1, above.

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• noun an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
  

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• (Bot.), the Nymphæa, a plant with floating roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals, usually white, but sometimes pink, red, blue, or yellow. [See Illust. of Nymphæa.]

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• noun dicot aquatic plants
  Nymphaeaceae; family Nymphaeaceae.
  

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• noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
  Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern.
  

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• noun lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
  Madonna lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Annunciation lily.
  
• noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
  lotus; white lotus; Nymphaea lotus; Egyptian water lily.
  

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• noun tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
  Lilium longiflorum; Easter lily; Bermuda lily.
  

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• noun evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds
  Pyrola rotundifolia.
  
• noun North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
  shinleaf; Pyrola elliptica.
  

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild meadow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild meadow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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• noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
  wake-robin; trillium.
  
• noun lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers
  Lilium philadelphicum.
  

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• (Bot.), the lily of the valley.

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• noun globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
  golden fairy lantern; Calochortus amabilis.
  

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• noun common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water
  cow lily; spatterdock; Nuphar advena.
  

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• noun a water lily with yellow flowers
  Nuphar lutea.
  

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