Lily (Noun)
Meaning
Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The botanical garden was home to a wide variety of flowers, including several species of lily.
- Her favorite thing to do in the spring was walk through the fields and pick fresh lily to arrange in vases.
- A bright orange lily in full bloom was perched atop the pedestal, its petals delicately swaying.
- A handful of Asiatic lily stems, cut just before the flowers opened, made an impressive arrangement in a clear glass vase.
- There were clusters of fragrant white lily flowers at the back of the room that perfumed the entire space.
Hyponyms
- Lilium Candidum
- White Lily
- Lent Lily
- Pine Lily
- Lilium Maritinum
- Lilium Auratum
- Meadow Lily
- Martagon
- Bermuda Lily
- Turk's Cap-lily
- Lilium Canadense
- Leopard Lily
- Lilium Longiflorum
- Devil Lily
- Lilium Superbum
- Lilium Lancifolium
- White Trumpet Lily
- Wild Yellow Lily
- Lilium Columbianum
- Kentan
- Panther Lily
- Wild Meadow Lily
- Lilium Michiganense
- Lilium Pardalinum
- Lilium Catesbaei
- Lilium Martagon
- Oregon Lily
- Lilium Philadelphicum
- Annunciation Lily