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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lily
    n 1: any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy
         pendulous flowers

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lily \Lil"y\ (l[i^]l"[y^]), n.; pl. Lilies (l[i^]l"[i^]z).
   [AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei`rion. Cf. Flower-de-luce.]
   1. (Bot.) 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North
         Temperate zone. Lilium candidum and Lilium
         longiflorum are the common white lilies of gardens;
         Lilium Philadelphicum is the wild red lily of the
         Atlantic States. Lilium Chalcedonicum is supposed to
         be the "lily of the field" in our Lord's parable;
         Lilium auratum is the great gold-banded lily of
         Japan.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade; -- usually in pl. See
      Royal spade, below.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   African lily (Bot.), the blue-flowered Agapanthus
      umbellatus.

   Atamasco lily (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zephyranthes
      (Zephyranthes Atamasco), having a white and pink
      funnelform perianth, with six petal-like divisions
      resembling those of a lily. --Gray.

   Blackberry lily (Bot.), the Pardanthus Chinensis, the
      black seeds of which form a dense mass like a blackberry.
      

   Bourbon lily (Bot.), Lilium candidum. See Illust.

   Butterfly lily. (Bot.) Same as Mariposa lily, in the
      Vocabulary.

   Lily beetle (Zool.), a European beetle (Crioceris
      merdigera) which feeds upon the white lily.

   Lily daffodil (Bot.), a plant of the genus Narcissus, and
      its flower.

   Lily encrinite (Paleon.), a fossil encrinite, esp.
      Encrinus liliiformis. See Encrinite.

   Lily hyacinth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hyacinthus.

   Lily iron, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of
      peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.

   Lily of the valley (Bot.), a low perennial herb
      (Convallaria majalis), having a raceme of nodding,
      fragrant, white flowers.

   Lily pad, the large floating leaf of the water lily. [U.
      S.] --Lowell.

   Tiger lily (Bot.), Lilium tigrinum, the sepals of which
      are blotched with black.

   Turk's-cap lily (Bot.) Lilium Martagon, a red lily with
      recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, Lilium
      superbum.

   Water lily (Bot.), the Nymph[ae]a, a plant with floating
      roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals,
      usually white, but sometimes pink, red, blue, or yellow.
      [See Illust. of Nymph[ae]a.]
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
Lily

   (LIsp LibrarY) A C++ class library by Roger Sheldon
    which gives C++ programmers the
   capability to write Lisp-style code.  Lily's garbage
   collection mechanism is not sufficient for commercial use
   however and the documentation is incomplete.  It is
   distributed under the GNU Library General Public License.

   Version: 0.1.

   <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/uploads/lily-0.1.tar.gz>.

   (1993-11-08)


4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Lily
   The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., "whiteness", was used
   as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as
   the tulip, iris, anemone, gladiolus, ranunculus, etc. Some
   interpret it, with much probability, as denoting in the Old
   Testament the water-lily (Nymphoea lotus of Linn.), or lotus
   (Cant. 2:1, 2; 2:16; 4:5; 5:13; 6:2, 3; 7:2). "Its flowers are
   large, and they are of a white colour, with streaks of pink.
   They supplied models for the ornaments of the pillars and the
   molten sea" (1 Kings 7:19, 22, 26; 2 Chr. 4:5). In the Canticles
   its beauty and fragrance shadow forth the preciousness of Christ
   to the Church. Groser, however (Scrip. Nat. Hist.), strongly
   argues that the word, both in the Old and New Testaments,
   denotes liliaceous plants in general, or if one genus is to be
   selected, that it must be the genus Iris, which is "large,
   vigorous, elegant in form, and gorgeous in colouring."
   
     The lilies (Gr. krinia) spoken of in the New Testament (Matt.
   6:28; Luke 12:27) were probably the scarlet martagon (Lilium
   Chalcedonicum) or "red Turk's-cap lily", which "comes into
   flower at the season of the year when our Lord's sermon on the
   mount is supposed to have been delivered. It is abundant in the
   district of Galilee; and its fine scarlet flowers render it a
   very conspicous and showy object, which would naturally attract
   the attention of the hearers" (Balfour's Plants of the Bible).
   
     Of the true "floral glories of Palestine" the pheasant's eye
   (Adonis Palestina), the ranunuculus (R. Asiaticus), and the
   anemone (A coronaria), the last named is however, with the
   greatest probability regarded as the "lily of the field" to
   which our Lord refers. "Certainly," says Tristram (Nat. Hist. of
   the Bible), "if, in the wondrous richness of bloom which
   characterizes the land of Israel in spring, any one plant can
   claim pre-eminence, it is the anemone, the most natural flower
   for our Lord to pluck and seize upon as an illustration, whether
   walking in the fields or sitting on the hill-side." "The white
   water-lily (Nymphcea alba) and the yellow water-lily (Nuphar
   lutea) are both abundant in the marshes of the Upper Jordan, but
   have no connection with the lily of Scripture."
   

5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Lily, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
   Population (2000):    21
   Housing Units (2000): 14
   Land area (2000):     0.303393 sq. miles (0.785785 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.303393 sq. miles (0.785785 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            37140
   Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
   Location:             45.181496 N, 97.682783 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     57274
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Lily, SD
    Lily


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