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lily

200 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) lily (noun)
  2. 2) lily (adjective)
  3. lily family (noun)
  4. lily green (noun)
  5. lily iron (noun)
  6. lily-livered (adjective)
  7. lily of the Incas
  8. lily of the Nile
  9. lily of the valley
  10. lily-of-the-valley shrub (noun)
  11. lily-of-the-valley tree (noun)
  12. lily pad (noun)
  13. lily thorn (noun)
  14. lily-trotter (noun)
  15. lily-white (adjective)
  16. lily-white (noun)
  17. adobe lily (noun)
  18. African corn lily (noun)
  19. African lily (noun)
  20. Amazon lily (noun)
  21. Amazon water lily (noun)
  22. Annunciation lily (noun)
  23. arum lily (noun)
  24. atamasco lily (noun)
  25. August lily (noun)
  26. Australian water lily (noun)
  27. avalanche lily (noun)
  28. Aztec lily (noun)
  29. banana water lily (noun)
  30. Barbados lily (noun)

1lily

noun \ˈli-lē\
plural lil·ies

Definition of LILY

1
: any of a genus (Lilium of the family Liliaceae, the lily family) of erect perennial leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs that are native to the temperate northern hemisphere and are widely cultivated for their showy flowers; broadly : any of various plants of the lily family or of the related amaryllis or iris families
2
: any of various plants with showy flowers: as a : a scarlet anemone (Anemone coronaria) of the Mediterranean region b : water lily c : calla lily
3
: fleur-de-lis 2
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Origin of LILY

Middle English lilie, from Old English, from Latin lilium
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with LILY

billy, Chile, chili, chilly, dilly, filly, frilly, gillie, hilly, silly, stilly, Tilly

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