Definition of "lily"
- noun
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
- adjective
White (as a racial epithet).
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