Lily

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun A royal spade;

— usually in ·pl ·see Royal spade, below.

II. Lily ·noun 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.

III. Lily ·noun 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.

IV. Lily ·noun 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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