Word Finder - lily

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Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

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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.

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The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.

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The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.

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(usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.

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The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.

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White (as a racial epithet).

We bought a lily and set it in a sunny window.

This mode of increase applies specially to bulbous plants, such as the lily and hyacinth, which produce little bulbs on the exterior round their base.

The conventional fleur-de-lis, as Littre says, represents very imperfectly three flowers of the white lily (Lilium) joined together, the central one erect, and each of the other two curving outwards.

Tradition soon attributed the origin of the fleur-de-lis to Clovis, the founder of the Frankish monarchy, and explained that it represented the lily given to him by an angel at his baptism.

An order of the Lily, with a fleur-de-lis for badge, was established in the Roman states by Pope Paul III.

Belladonna, the Belladonna Lily, 3 ft., has large funnel-shaped flowers in September, of a delicate rose colour.

C. majalis, the lily of the valley, a well-known sweet-scented favourite spring flower, growing freely in rich garden soil; its spikes, 6 to 9 in.

See Lily.

The vegetation of the western part of the plain and of the hottest zone of the western mountains thus becomes closely allied to, or almost identical with, that of the drier parts of the Indian peninsula, more especially of its hilly portions; and, while a general tropical character is preserved, forms are observed which indicate the addition of an Afghan as well as of an African element, of which last the gay lily Gloriosa superba is an example, pointing to some.

Cowslips, violets, anemones, buttercups and blood-roots are conspicuous in early spring, the white pond lily and the yellow pond lily in summer, asters and golden-rod in autumn, and besides these there are about 1500 other flowering plants in the state and more than 50 species of ferns.

Jewish shekels were first coined by Simon the Hasmonean, probably in 139-138 B.C. These bear inscriptions in the archaic Hebrew and various emblems, such as the cup or chalice, the lily branch with three flowers, the candlestick, the citron and palm branch and so forth.

The natives eat extensively the bulbs of the Martagon lily, and weave cloth out of the fibres of the Kamchatka nettle.

Nor has Lily much acquaintance with either the theory or the practice of politics.

Notable among the flowers are the arum lily and the iris.

It is often associated with that form of inflorescence termed the spadix, and may be coloured, as in Anthuriuzn, or white, as in arum lily (Richardia aethiopica).

Thus, in the tulip, crocus, lily, speak of the parts of the perianth, in place of corolla, although in these plants there is an outer whorl (calyx), of three parts, and an inner (corolla), of a similar number, alternating with them.

They are members of the amaryllis family and look very much like the Cape belladonna lily of South Africa, amaryllis family and look very much like the Cape belladonna lily of South Africa, Amaryllis belladonna.

The senior coarse anglers fished a match on Sunday at the Lily Pools in Ledbury.

They are members of the amaryllis family and look very much like the Cape belladonna lily of South Africa, Amaryllis belladonna lily of South Africa, Amaryllis belladonna.

Frogbit, fringed water lily and amphibious bistort are all attractive floating plants.

The waxy white blooms and spearheaded leaves of the calla lily stand for radiant beauty and sophistication.

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Norm and Lily Goldman are a unique husband and wife team, writer and water colorist, who write and paint about romantic destinations.

She was shaped like a pear, and when she wore a crinoline she looked like a frog sitting on a lily pad.

The autumn crocus is a different plant, from the lily family.

Lily Pollen stains gently dab a cello tape onto the stain.

A family of fluffy brown ducklings escorted by their mother - among the lily beds of a mere - is a pretty sight.

Lily's place is with Charlie and she bids Sophie a tearful farewell.

Following in her brother's footsteps, Lily has also begun to pursue a career in show jumping.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily Meaning Usually misquoted as ' to gild refined gold, to paint the lily Meaning Usually misquoted as ' to gild the lily ' .

Kaffir lily is excellent for the middle of a sheltered sunny, moist but well-drained border.

He'll always gild the lily, wherein lies his downfall.

I have recently been bought an arum lily called Black Eyed Beauty.

The image of the Sacred Lotus - in fact a water lily - is shown in many of the scenes depicted in the tombs.

You note that Lily has a unilateral cleft lip and palate but is otherwise well.

What role does the young poet Owen Moody play, and brothel madam Lily Maxey?

From the top of their fun fleecy heads to the tips of their toes, Lily Dolls are very special playmates.

Near the middle of this park is a series of Victorian lily ponds, which were added in 1902.

Check out new promos for The Pipettes, Lily Allen, The Rifles, King Creosote.

Lily Allen, Alright, Still Britain's new pop darling justifies all the purple prose.

Lily's family frowned on her relationship with a lowly soldier, but they eventually relented and gave their consent to marriage.

Snowdrop The common snowdrop The common snowdrop or galanthus is a genus of the Lily family consisting of about 20 species.

Lily Allen, by the way, is the up-and-coming pop songstress of the moment in the UK.

With early dreams of pop stardom Lily was signed to Warner Bros in 2002 thanks, in no small part, to her father.

Just before you enter denser woodland, look right to see the delightful lily tarn.

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Sophie 3 tier round wedding cake with bride and groom in center finished with hand made tiger lily 's.

November Lily bulbs can still be planted if the ground is still workable.

The lily of the Old Testament (shoshan) may be conjectured to be a red lily from the simile in Cant.

Martagon, candidum, chalcedonicum, Szovitzianum (or colchicum), bulbiferum, croceum, Henryi, pomponium - the "Turk's cap lily," and others, will grow in almost any good garden soil, and succeed admirably in loam of a rather heavy character, and dislike too much peat.