lily
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lil·y
(lĭl′ē)n. pl. lil·ies
1. Any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers.
2. Any of various similar or related plants, such as the daylily or the water lily.
3. The flower of any of these plants.
[Middle English lilie, from Old English, from Latin līlium.]
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lily
(ˈlɪlɪ)n, pl lilies
1. (Plants) any liliaceous perennial plant of the N temperate genus Lilium, such as the Turk's-cap lily and tiger lily, having scaly bulbs and showy typically pendulous flowers
2. (Plants) the bulb or flower of any of these plants
3. (Plants) any of various similar or related plants, such as the water lily, plantain lily, and day lily
[Old English, from Latin līlium; related to Greek leirion lily]
ˈlily-ˌlike adj
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lil•y
(ˈlɪl i)n., pl. lil•ies,
adj. n.
1. any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers.
2. the flower or the bulb of such a plant.
3. any of various related or similar plants or their flowers, as the mariposa lily.
adj. 5. white as a lily: her lily hands.
6. delicately fair: a lily maiden.
7. pure; unsullied: the lily truth.
8. pale; fragile; weak.
[before 1000; Middle English, Old English lilie < Latin līlium; compare Greek leírion]
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Noun | 1. | lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber genus Lilium, Lilium - type genus of Liliaceae Lilium auratum, mountain lily - Japanese lily with golden rays Canada lily, Lilium canadense, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, wild yellow lily - common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum, Madonna lily, white lily - lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers Lilium catesbaei, pine lily, tiger lily, leopard lily - lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals Columbia tiger lily, Lilium columbianum, Oregon lily - lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers devil lily, kentan, Lilium lancifolium, tiger lily - east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals Bermuda lily, Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, white trumpet lily - tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring coast lily, Lilium maritinum - orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States Lilium martagon, martagon, Turk's-cap - lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia Lilium michiganense, Michigan lily - lily of central North America having recurved orange-red flowers with deep crimson spots leopard lily, Lilium pardalinum, panther lily - lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers Lilium philadelphicum, wood lily - lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers Lilium superbum, Turk's cap-lily, Turk's-cap - lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers |
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Translations
زَنْبَق، زَنْبَقَهزِنْبَقَةٌ
lilie
lilje
LilieLilli
lilja
ljiljan
liliom
lilja
ユリ
백합나리
lilium
lelija
lilija
crin
ľalia
lilija
lilja
ดอกลิลลี่
hoa loa kèn
lily
[ˈlɪlɪ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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lily
lily
:lily-livered
adj → feige
lily pad
n → Seerosenblatt nt
lily-white
adj
→ schnee- or blütenweiß; (fig) → tugendhaft
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lily
(ˈlili) – plural ˈlilies – noun a type of tall plant grown from a bulb, with white or coloured flowers.
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lily
→ زِنْبَقَةٌ lilie lilje Lilie κρίνος azucena lilja lys ljiljan giglio ユリ 백합 lelie lilje lilia lírio лилия lilja ดอกลิลลี่ zambak hoa loa kèn 百合花Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009