lily

Definitions

• 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) A royal spade in auction bridge.
• (cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.