Lily vs. Lotus

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.

Lotusnoun

A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.

Lotusnoun

A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.

Lotusnoun

A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.

Lotusnoun

A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).

Lotusnoun

Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.

Lotusnoun

Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes pl=s and pl=es.

Lotusnoun

Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.

Lotusnoun

An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.

Lotusnoun

A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphæa Lotus and Nymphæa cærulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.

Lotusnoun

An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.

Lotusnoun

native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

Lotusnoun

annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs

Lotusnoun

white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians