lily

adj. white; delicate; pure; pale

n. any of a number of bulbed plants of the lily family which often bear funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers

The genus Lilium are herbaceous flowering plants normally growing from bulbs, comprising a genus of about 110 species in the lily family, Liliaceae. They are important as large showy flowering garden plants, and in literature. Some of the bulbs have been consumed by people. The species in this genus are the true lilies, while other plants with lily in the common name are related to other groups of plants.
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Noun
1. any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
(hypernym) liliaceous plant
(hyponym) mountain lily, Lilium auratum
(member-holonym) Lilium, genus Lilium

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(LIsp LibrarY) A C++ class library by Roger Sheldon sheldon@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov which gives C++ programmers the capability to write Lisp-style code. Lily's garbage collection mechanism is not sufficient for commercial use however and the documentation is incomplete. It is distributed under the GNU Library General Public License.
Version: 0.1.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/uploads/lily-0.1.tar.gz.
(1993-11-08)