lily
see also: Lily
Pronunciation
Lily
Pronunciation
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see also: Lily
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈlɪli/
lily (plural lilies)
- Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
- 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.
- (heraldiccharge) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
- The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
- (card games, usually, in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
- (cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
lily (not comparable)
- (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
Lily
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈlɪli/
- A female given name. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.
- 1866, Frances Eleanor Trollope, "The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble", ''All the Year Round, Aug 11th, 1866, page 100:
- "Poor little thing! She is very wee and frail, isn't she? Only two months old. We came away from the north, as soon as I was able to travel. She is called Lily."
- I remembered Horace having once told me that his mother's name had been Lilias.
- 2001 Catherine Coulter: Hemlock Bay. Jove, 2002. ISBN 0515133302 page 57:
- "Lily is such a romantic name. It sounds to me like soft music; it's the sort of name to make one dream of fanciful things."
- Lily smiled. "It's my grandmother's name. Coincidence, maybe, but she grew the most beautiful lilies."
- 1866, Frances Eleanor Trollope, "The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble", ''All the Year Round, Aug 11th, 1866, page 100:
- Spanish: Azucena
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