lily
- noun
- /ˈlɪli/
- From every channel and riverbank, lake and lily-pad-covered lagoon, a chorus of frogs serenaded their unseen audience.
- white lily
- calla lily
- lily family
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- But one thing we did have was lilies, Lily pads.
- I couldn't tell you what notes are in this because White Peacock Lily, I mean, is that a flower?
Examples
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There are orchids and lilies and roses.
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Nicely landscaped with lily ponds and lush gardens, the park has a variety of some 1,000 birds.
Academic text (2001) -
I had to cut the day lilies back anyway.
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The flower petal had come from a lily.
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The garden was filled with vibrant lilies in various colors, attracting many butterflies.
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She admired the beautiful lily blooming in her front yard, which added charm to the landscape.
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Every spring, the lilies come back, bringing a burst of color to the garden after winter.
Synonyms
A group of flowering plants with large showy flowers often called true lilies
A group of plants like true lilies with large beautiful flowers often grown in gardens
Idioms
- Informal
To add decoration that is not needed to something already beautiful
Compounds
- South African
A tall plant with a large white flower that people grow for gardens and weddings
A plant that floats on water with large round leaves and pretty white, pink, or yellow flowers
A small garden plant with broad leaves and white bell-shaped flowers that smell sweet
A tall white lily with large trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in spring, often used at Easter
- US
A small North American woodland flower with nodding yellow blooms and speckled leaves
- Specialized
A group of water plants with large floating leaves and fragrant flowers
A plant with clusters of long-lasting pinkish flowers grown in gardens or used in bouquets
- US
A plant that lives many years with white bell-shaped flowers and edible bulbs from western North America
- South African
A plant from Africa with green leaves and large groups of violet-blue flowers
- US
A forest plant with three leaves at the top of the stem and one three-petaled flower
- Specialized
An animal with a stalk and feathery arms that lives attached to the sea floor
- UK
A low plant with two long leaves, small sweet-smelling bell flowers and red berries
- US
A small plant with bright yellow flowers that grows near melting snow in high mountains
A white water lily that grows on water in Egypt and nearby regions, once sacred to the ancient Egyptians
- US
A plant with orange-red flowers and maroon spots that grows in the western United States
A plant that lives for many years with white flowers often with orange spots near melting snow
A low evergreen plant with leaves like grass and small purple flowers used as ground cover
A plant that lives many years with broad ribbed leaves and pale flowers used as ground cover
- South African
A South African plant with long grasslike leaves and bright lily-like flowers
A tall flowering plant from central North America with orange-red curved-back petals marked with dark red spots
- US
A small wildflower that grows in woods with hanging creamy white or yellow flowers and spotted leaves
- UK
A white spring flower with broad funnel-shaped petals from the eastern Mediterranean
- US
A wild flower that grows in meadows and open woods and has hanging yellow or red blooms with brown spots
- Specialized
A Mexican plant that grows from a bulb with one large bright red flower
- US
A tall wild flower from western North America with bright orange-red flowers spotted with purple
A North American wildflower with orange-red spotted petals that point downward
- US
A wild flower with orange-red petals and purple spots that grows in eastern North American woods
A water plant with broad leaves and round yellow flowers that floats on calm water
- South African
A South African plant with large sweet-smelling white or pink flowers
A plant with bright green leaves and clusters of deep blue flowers often grown in gardens
A garden plant with orange flowers and seed pods that open to show seeds like blackberries
A climbing plant with tendrils at its leaf tips and bright red, yellow, or purple flowers that is poisonous
- Specialized
A small forest plant with broad leaves, white or purple flowers, and blue berries
- Specialized
A lily with bright orange flowers that grows on the Pacific coast of the United States
- Specialized
A tall orange-red flower with purple spots that grows wild in western North America
- US
A water plant with broad floating leaves and round yellow flowers that grows in quiet ponds
- Indian
A climbing plant with bright red, yellow, or purple flowers that is poisonous
- UK
A plant that lives many years with large reddish orange flowers with black spots and petals that curve back
An evergreen climbing plant with glossy leaves and fragrant white, trumpet-shaped flowers
- US
A wildflower with pinkish-purple bell-shaped flowers that grows in dry clay soil in California
- Specialized
A plant with long grasslike leaves and a tall leafless stalk of orange-yellow star-shaped flowers
- Australian
A grasslike plant from Australia that flowers in spring with clusters of woolly flowers
- Specialized
A small plant with white bell-shaped flowers that looks like the true lily of the valley
- South African
A South African shrub with a thick water-storing stem and pink and white flowers after its leaves fall
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Lily comes from the old Latin word lilium and the Greek leírion, names people long used for this bright, showy flower. So a lily today is still the same large, often white flower you see in gardens and bouquets.