Lily

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Noun

any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
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