lily | |
1. n. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species. | |
2. n. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other. | |
3. n. (heraldry) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis. | |
4. n. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis. | |
5. n. (card games, usually plural) A royal spade in auction bridge. | |
6. n. (cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity. | |
7. adj. (slang) White (as a racial epithet). | |