lily

noun

1. 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
2. A scarlet anemone (Anemone coronaria) of the Mediterranean region
3. Water lily
4. Calla lily
5. Fleur-de-lis

adjective

1. Resembling a lily in fairness, purity, or fragility

   "my lady's lily hand"

adjective

1. Lacking courage cowardly

noun phrase

1. 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

1. A floating leaf of a water lily

adjective

1. White as a lily

   "lily-white sheets"

2. 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 …"

3. Being or having extremely light pigmentation of the skin

   "a lily-white complexion"

4. Characterized by or favoring the exclusion of Black people especially from politics compare black-and-tan
5. 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

1. 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 …"

2. 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

1. Any of a genus (Zephyranthes) of American bulbous herbs of the amaryllis family with pink, white, or yellowish flowers

noun

1. 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

1. Any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family