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adj
White (as a racial epithet).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, not-comparable, slang
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name
A female given name from English, popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.
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noun
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
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noun
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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noun
The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
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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noun
A royal spade in auction bridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Topics: card-games, games
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noun
The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
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Topics: cartomancy, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: liliaceous plant
Narrower terms: mountain lily, Lilium auratum, Canada lily, wild yellow lily, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, Lilium canadense, Madonna lily, white lily, Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum, tiger lily, leopard lily, pine lily, Lilium catesbaei, Columbia tiger lily, Oregon lily, Lilium columbianum, devil lily, kentan, Lilium lancifolium, Easter lily, Bermuda lily, white trumpet lily, Lilium longiflorum, coast lily, Lilium maritinum, Turk's-cap, martagon, Lilium martagon, Michigan lily, Lilium michiganense, panther lily, Lilium pardalinum, wood lily, Lilium philadelphicum, Turk's cap-lily, Lilium superbum
History
From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
A 19th-century flower name, from lily. Also a diminutive of Lilian and sometimes Elizabeth.
Across languages
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