Lily vs. Lilly

Lilynoun

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

Lilynoun

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.

Lilynoun

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

Lilynoun

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

Lilynoun

A royal spade in auction bridge.

Lilynoun

(cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.

Lilyadjective

White (as a racial epithet).

Lilynoun

A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.

Lilynoun

A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.

Lilynoun

That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; - so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.

Lilynoun

A royal spade; - usually in pl. See Royal spade, below.

Lilynoun

any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

Lilynoun

a bulbous plant with large trumpet-shaped, typically fragrant, flowers on a tall, slender stem.

Lilynoun

short for water lily

Lilynoun

used in names of other plants with flowers or leaves similar to those of the lily, e.g. arum lily.

Lilynoun

a heraldic fleur-de-lis.

Lillynoun

misspelling of lily