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noun
- Any of a genus (Lilium of the family Liliaceae, the lily family) of erect perennial leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs that are native to the temperate northern hemisphere and are widely cultivated for their showy flowers
- A scarlet anemone (Anemone coronaria) of the Mediterranean region
- Water lily
- Calla lily
- Fleur-de-lis
adjective
- Resembling a lily in fairness, purity, or fragility
"my lady's lily hand"
adjective
- Lacking courage cowardly
noun phrase
- A low perennial herb (Convallaria majalis) of the asparagus family that has usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of fragrant nodding bell-shaped white flowers
noun
- A floating leaf of a water lily
adjective
- White as a lily
"lily-white sheets"
- Having or involving few or no people of color lacking racial diversity
"All too often, big-city cops live in lily-white enclaves like Simi Valley, California …"
- Being or having extremely light pigmentation of the skin
"a lily-white complexion"
- Characterized by or favoring the exclusion of Black people especially from politics compare black-and-tan
- Lacking faults or imperfections irreproachable, pure
"But Malcolm X has survived the gantlet of historical reassessment. A new generation responds to his principled rage precisely because he isn't lily white and goody-two-shoes."
noun
- Something that is white
"He is a rock-solid, card-carrying free spirit, a young man who wears black tennis shoes in a sport that loves its lily whites …"
- A member of a political organization favoring the exclusion of Black people
"A lifelong Republican in the tradition of Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, [Norris Wright] Cuney fought a decades-long battle with the "Lily-Whites," Texas Republicans obsessed with driving African Americans out of the party."
noun
- Any of a genus (Zephyranthes) of American bulbous herbs of the amaryllis family with pink, white, or yellowish flowers
noun
- An autumn-flowering South African bulbous perennial herb (Amaryllis belladonna) that is typically grown in gardens for its clusters of large, fragrant, usually white or pink, trumpet-shaped flowers which resemble lilies and are borne on a long, solid, leafless stem amaryllis
noun
- Any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family
This clue was used on April 7, 2025.
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