lilyn.adj.
/ˈlɪli/, U.S. /ˈlɪli/ A. n.
1.
a. Any plant (or its flower) of the genus Lilium (family Liliaceæ) of bulbous herbs bearing at the top of a tall slender stem large showy flowers of white, reddish, or purplish colour, often marked with dark spots on the inside; esp. (without qualification) L. candidum, the White or Madonna Lily (cf. A. 1b), which grows wild in some Eastern countries, and has from early times been cultivated in gardens; it is a type of whiteness or purity.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > white thing > [noun] > typical
snowc825
lily971
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies
lily971
lily-flower1340
martagon1440
delucea1450
red lily1531
purple lily1578
mountain lily1597
gold lily1629
Turk's cap1672
turn-cap1688
Juno's rose1706
orange lily1731
Canada lily1771
Japan lily1813
tiger-lily1824
Annunciation lily1853
Easter lily1860
golden-rayed lily1865
scarlet martagon1867
Japanese lily1870
Madonna lily1877
Bermuda lily1882
thimble lily1883
panther lily1884
triplet lily1884
turban-lily1884
Mary-lily1893
tiger1901
leopard lily1902
lilium1902
swamp lily1902
Washington lily1911
Shasta lily1915
regal lily1916
regale1920
Oregon lily1925
971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Seo hwitnes þære lilian scineþ on þe.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 90 Drince he lilian wyrttruman awylledne on wine oððe on ealað.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1433 Se rudie & se reade ilitet eauereach leor as lilie ileid to rose.
c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 32 As she [Nature] kan peynte a lilie whit And reed a Rose.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xci. 980 The lilye is an herbe wiþ a white flour, and þough þe leues of þe flour be whyte, ȝit wiþinne schyneþ þe liknesse of gold.
a1400–50 Alexander 3902 Leons quyte as lylly.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 200 Þou schalt make þe lyme neische wiþ oile of lilie.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xiii I was radder of rode þene rose in þe rone, My lere as þe lele, louched one highte.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 38 The Lily hath a long stalk... The flour is excedyng white.
1637 J. Milton Comus 29 In twisted braids of lillies knitting The loose traine of thy amber-dropping haire.
1709 A. Pope Autumn in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. vi. 740 For him the Lillies hang their heads and dye.
1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 159 The wand-like lily, which lifted up..its moonlight-coloured cup.
b. With qualification, applied to: (a) various other plants of the genus Lilium or family Liliaceæ, the qualifying word indicating the colour, appearance, habitat, etc.; e.g. flax, martagon, orange, panther, Persian, St. Bruno's, tiger, Turk's cap lily (see the first element); (b) certain allied plants, esp. of family Amaryllidaceæ, e.g. belladonna calla, gold, Guernsey, ixia, Jacobæa(n, knight's star, lent, lide, Mexican, pond, sword lily (see the first element); also daylily n., water lily n. African lily n. Agapanthus umbellatus (Treas. Bot.). Atamasco lily n. Zephyranthes Atamasco. yellow lily n. †(a) the yellow iris, Iris Pseudacorus; (b) the daffodil, Narcissus Pseudonarcissus (dialect).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > liliaceous plant
yellow lily1555
lilial1854
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises
gladdona700
gladiolusc1000
flaga1387
fleur-de-lisc1390
regworta1400
yellow flag1526
lug1538
yellow lily1555
spurge-wort1562
swordling1562
garden flag1578
ireos1578
iris1578
stinking iris1578
water flag1578
yellow iris1578
fane1597
Florentine flower-de-luce1597
stinking gladdon1597
stinking sedge1597
velvet flower-de-luce1597
orris1609
sisyrinchium1629
luce1642
Florence iris1664
cuttle-haft1688
blue flag1732
snake's-head iris1739
flag-flower1753
roast-beef plant1800
shalder1825
flag-leaf1827
sweet sedge1839
poison flag1840
flagger1842
wedding-flower1869
mourning iris1874
flagon1878
Rocky Mountain iris1880
Florentine iris1882
Japanese iris1883
flag-lily1884
sword-flag1884
blue iris1886
thunderbolt1898
scorpion iris1900
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers
dog's tooth1578
daylily1597
mountain saffron1597
phalangium1608
Savoy spiderwort1629
hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 An herbe much lyke vnto a yelowe lyllie.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlii. 200 The white Lillies be very common not only in this Countrie, but in all places els where in gardens.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xliii. 201 Of the Orenge colour, and redde purple Lillies.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xliv. 202 The wilde Lillie hath a straight rounde stemme set full of long leaues, at the toppe whereof there grow fayre pleasant floures..of an old purple or dimme incarnate colour, poudered or dashte with small spottes.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlvi. 204 The yellowe Lillie non bulbus, his leaues be long and narrow..flowers much lyke to the other Lillies, of a fainte or Ochre colour yellowe... The darke red and purple Lillie non bulbus.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 150 Lilium montanum maius. The great mountaine Lilly.
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 199 The yellow mountaine Lilly with the spotted floure.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 300 Fiery Lilly,..yellow Asphodel Lilly.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 African Scarlet Lily, Amaryllis. Atamasco Lily, Amaryllis.
1882 Garden 20 May 356/2 A variety of the African Lily, in which the leaves are marked longitudinally with stripes of yellow.
c. Used in all versions of the Bible to render Hebrew shūshan, shōshan, shōshannāh, Septuagint and New Testament κρίνον.The Hebrew words were probably used, as the corresponding Arabic sūsan still is in Palestine, for all the conspicuous species of lily, lotus ( Nymphæa Lotus), anemone, ranunculus, tulip, etc. In Cant. v. 13 a red flower appears to be meant. The ‘lilies of the field’ of Matthew vi. 28 have been variously identified with the red Anemone coronaria and with the scarlet Martagon or Turk's Cap lily, both of which are common in Galilee. The herbalists of the 16–17th centuries took ‘the lily among the thorns’ (lilium inter spinas) of Cant. ii. 2 to be the honeysuckle: see Coles Art of Simpling (1656) 7.
2.
a. lily of the valley n. (also lily in the valley) , †lily convally n., convall lily n., †May lily n., †great park lily n., †wood lily n. a beautiful spring flower, Convallaria majalis, having two largish leaves and racemes of white, bell-shaped, fragrant flowers.,The name lily of the valley represents the Vulgate lilium convallium, a literal translation from the Hebrew of Cant. ii. i. The application to this particular plant is apparently due to the German herbalists of the early 16th cent.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lily of the valley
great park lily1538
May lily1548
lily of the valley1563
wood lily1563
liriconfancy1567
May blossoms1578
lily convally1597
valley-lily1597
wood-lily1597
lily-bell1729
vale-lily1823
lily cup1826
mugget1866
1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Ephimeron Lilium conuallium grandius, quod angli uocant Great parke lyly.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.viij The Poticaries in Germany do name it Lilium conuallium, it maye be called in englishe May Lilies.
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 98 The wood Lillie or Lillie of the valley, is a flour merualous sweete.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 331 Of Lilly in the valley, or May Lillie.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 679 Woodlillie, or Lillie conuaile.
1729 [see lily-bell n. at Compounds 2]. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 21 Where scatter'd wild the Lilly of the Vale It's balmy Essence breathes.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ix. 411 That shy Plant..the Lilly of the Vale, That loves the ground. View more context for this quotation
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 203 A wreath of artificial lilies-of-the-valley on her head.
b. lily-of-the-valley tree (see quot. 1885).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > clethra trees
clethra1779
sweet pepper-bush1814
lily-of-the-valley tree1885
sweet pepper1923
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 30 The beautiful lily-of-the-valley tree (Clethra arborea) which bears branches of white flowers, like five or six sprays of lilies-of-the-valley growing from one stalk, and emitting the most delicious scent.
c. The scent of lily of the valley, esp. as used in cosmetics, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically
ewrosec1350
stacte1382
oil of rosesa1398
rose watera1398
sandalc1400
musk?a1425
damask water?1520
malabathrum1543
orris1545
civet1553
ambracan1555
rose cake1559
lavender-water1563
oil of spikenard1565
zibet1594
orange-flower water1595
orris powder?1600
spike-oil1611
angel water1634
cypress-powder1634
angelica1653
jasmine1670
jessamy1671
rosat1674
frangipane1676
marechale1676
orangery1676
tuberose1682
jasmine-water1750
otto1759
rose geranium1773
millefleurs1775
new-mown hay1789
attar1798
eau-de-Cologne1802
Cologne1814
dedes1817
eau de Portugal1825
verbena1837
rondeletia1838
bay-rum1840
Florida water1840
citronelle1841
patchouli1843
citronella1849
gardenia1851
sandalwood oil1851
Ess Bouquet1855
marmala water1857
mignonette1858
spikenard oil1861
sandalwood1865
serpolet1866
ylang-ylang1876
flower-water1886
lily1890
lilac1895
stephanotis1895
tea rose1897
chypre1898
Peau d'Espagne1898
violette de Parme1904
poppy1905
Parma violet1907
wallflower1907
1890–1 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 42/2 Morse's perfumes..new-mown hay, lily of the valley, 25c. per bottle.
1970 Guardian 12 May 9/3 This..sprightly fragrance with..notes of carnation,..lily-of-the-valley and roses.
3. figurative.
a. Applied to persons or things of exceptional whiteness, fairness, or purity; e.g. a fair lady; the white of a beautiful complexion (singular and plural; cf. rose n.1 14).
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > pure person
lilyc1386
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman
clearc1330
comelya1375
wlonk?a1400
brightc1400
gayc1400
sheenc1400
violet1412
berylc1440
blossomc1440
bonnya1529
pertc1540
bonylasse1546
Venus?1572
spark1575
bellibone1579
bonnibel1579
nymph1584
cheruba1616
lily1622
bellea1640
fine1639
toast1700
houri1745
belle dame1768
peri1813
beauty queen1835
stallion1970
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun] > of face
wana1300
ashc1374
tallow-face1597
whey countenance1604
lily1713
suet face1896
c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 87 The name of seinte Cecile..It is to seye in englissh heuenes lilie, For pure chastnesse of virginitee.
c1440 York Myst. xxv. 520 [To Jesus] Hayll! lylly lufsome lemyd with lyght!
1498 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (new ed.) a ii b The beuteous lylyes of chastyte in body and soule.
1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. D7v The Lillies oft obtaine Greatest sway, vnlesse a blush Helpe the Roses at a push.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iv. 61 A Virgin, A most vnspotted Lilly . View more context for this quotation
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 30 Sept. 2/1 The Gamester Ladies..wear away their Lillies and Roses in tedious Watching.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 220 Farewell, fair lily.
b. Used as a term of abuse, esp. of a man to imply lack of masculinity.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man
badlingeOE
milksopc1390
cockneyc1405
malkina1425
molla1425
weakling1526
tenderling1541
softling1543
niceling1549
woman-man1567
cocknel1570
effeminate1583
androgyne1587
meacock1590
mammaday1593
hermaphrodite1594
midwife1596
nimfadoro1600
night-sneaker1611
mock-mana1625
nan1670
she-man1675
petit maître1711
old woman1717
master-miss1754
Miss Molly1754
molly1785
squaw1805
mollycoddle1823
Miss Nancy1824
mollycot1826
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
ladyboy1857
girl1862
Mary Ann1868
sissy1879
milk1881
pretty-boy1881
nancy1888
poofter1889
Nancy Dawson1890
softie1895
puff1902
pussy1904
Lizzie1905
nance1910
quean1910
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
lily1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
queerie1933
palone1934
queenie1935
girlie-man1940
swish1941
puss1942
wonk1945
mother1947
candy-ass1953
twink1953
cream puff1958
pronk1959
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
pansy-ass1963
weeny1963
poofteroo1966
mo1968
shim1973
twinkie1977
woofter1977
cake boy1992
hermaphrodite-
1923 G. Saintsbury Second Scrap Bk. v. 39 But in order once more to consider and console that lily, the Educational Expert, let us turn to ‘grind’.
1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! 231 Lily, an easy victim, exceptionally gullible person.
1930 D. H. Lawrence Nettles 19 And Mr. Mead, that old old lily Said: ‘Gross! coarse! hideous!’
1933 S. Spender Poems 28 Here the pale lily boys flaunt their bright lips.
1958 J. Raymond England's on Anvil! 142 In this he differed from men like William (‘Cory’) Johnson, Oscar Browning, A. C. Benson and the rest of the Eton-and-King's lilies who were such a lush feature of the period.
4. A figure or representation of the flower.† c. The fleur-de-lis which is used to mark the north on a compass. Obsolete.
a. gen.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > flowers
flowerc1230
flourishingc1384
fleuronc1385
rose1415
pansyc1450
columbine1459
lily1459
fleur-de-lis1475
heartseasea1542
honeysuckle1548
flower-work1601
floretry1615
branching1652
fleuret1811
anthemion1816
rosace1823
fleur1841
flowering1862
flowerage1864
millefleurs1908
rosette1931
1459 Inventory Fastolf's Wardrobe in Paston Lett. (1904) III. 177 j. pellow of silk the growund white wyth lyllys of blewe.
?1464 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 121 Item, on box of siluer..chased with lilijs.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Nn5v Pamela..was woorking vppon a purse certaine Roses and Lillies.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 134 He eiket to the circle of the croune four lillies of golde wt four goldne signes of the croce.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 60 Sometimes, like Wax, she rolls the Butter round, Or with the wooden Lilly prints the Pound.
b. The heraldic fleur-de-lis, esp. with reference to the arms of the old French monarchy (also golden lilies); hence, the royal arms of France, the French (Bourbon) dynasty.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [noun] > lily
flowerc1330
lilya1352
fleur-de-lisc1400
lis1611
gold lily1755
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [noun] > French Bourbon
fleur-de-lisa1513
lily1660
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [noun] > French Bourbon > member of
lily1738
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > royal arms of France
fleur-de-lis1352
golden lilies1843
a1352 L. Minot Poems x. 3 Both þe lely and þe lipard suld gader on a grene. [See note, ed. J. Hall.]
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 357 In thair armes to weir the reid lillie, Quhilk hes bene ay the king of Frances flour.
1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 5 We sigh'd to hear the fair Iberian Bride [the Infanta Maria Theresa] Must grow a Lilie to the Lilies side.
1738 F. Wise Let. Antiq. Berks 27 The Emperor of Germany is sometimes stiled The Eagle, and the King of France The Lilly, from the Arms they bear.
1769 T. Gray Ode at Installation Duke of Grafton 5 Great Edward with the lillies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris iv. 61 [A Frenchman—faithful adherent of the Bourbons], took the strangers home to his small cottage, to talk fondly of the reviving lilies.
1843 T. B. Macaulay Ivry iv Fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > card of > mark indicating north
lily1613
1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 12 The Lilly of their compasses was turned alwaies towards the North-pole.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 60 If wee place a Needle touched at the foote of tongues or andirons it will obvert..its lyllie or North point. View more context for this quotation
1661 T. Philipott Hist. Disc. Navig. 15 But sayling farther, it veers its Lilly towards the West.
d. plural. The bound feet of Chinese women, in allusion to their Chinese designation kin-leen ‘golden water-lilies’. Also (in singular) attributive. So lily-footed adj.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > types of
nine1599
lily1841
beetle-crusher1860
beetle-squasher1860
spaug1910
1841 W. B. Langdon Descr. Catal. Chinese Coll. in Philadelphia 15 The footstools upon which their ‘golden lilies’ rest, are covered with embroidered silk.
1886 C. M. Yonge Chantry House II. xx. 188 Is he going to wed a fair Chinese with lily feet?
1922 W. S. Maugham On Chinese Screen xviii. 72 They rest there for a while on their small feet, their golden lilies, gossiping elegantly.
1933 N. Waln House of Exile i. i. 26 We could not walk, as..Mai-da's mother..had ‘lily’ feet.
1937 E. Snow Red Star over China i. ii. 26 Yang Hu-Cheng..was a two-wife man. The first was the lily-footed wife of his youth.
5. to paint (or to gild) the lily: to embellish excessively, to add ornament where none is needed.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (intransitive)] > adorn excessively
to paint (or to gild) the lilya1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 11 To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly; To throw a perfume on the Violet,..Is wastefull, and ridiculous excesse. View more context for this quotation
1919 H. Jenkins John Dene of Toronto vii. 113 ‘Where's Finlay?’ asked Colonel Walton. ‘He's painting the lily... Seeing how near he can get to this Bergen fellow.’
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 28 Sept. 243/3 Nature and history have already been so kind to that ancient and charming townlet on the Dart that improvement would be a gilding of the lily.
1935 J. Buchan House of Four Winds 22 It's rather like painting the lily, you know.
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 19 Feb. 13/2 While it may seem to be painting the lily, I should like to add somewhat to Mr Alistair Cooke's excellent article.
1958 J. Raymond England's on Anvil! 15 In Englishing the passage, Peter Motteux..contrives at once splendidly to gild the lily and tone down the anti-Protestantism.
1968 Encycl. Brit. XII. 842/1 The favourite technique of decoration of Mogul jades is insetting with gold and precious stones..an example of painting the lily that would hardly have commended itself to the Chinese jade carver.
B. adj.
a. White or fair as a lily; lily-white; lily-like. Also in parasynthetic combinations, as lily-cheeked, lily-fingered, lily-handed, lily-wristed adjs.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as lily
lily-whitea1350
lily15..
lily-whiteda1560
lily-like1652
lily-colouredc1866
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of
fair-handed1505
steadfast1535
white-handed1598
hard-handed1600
horny1693
large-handed1712
red-handed1827
lily-handed1847
talon-like1883
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [adjective] > having white or pale
lily-fingered1873
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]
blatec1000
whiteOE
greena1275
blakec1275
bleykea1300
wana1300
palec1330
bleach1340
pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374
colourlessc1380
deadlyc1385
deadc1386
bloodlessc1450
earthlyc1460
ruddylessc1460
wan visaged?a1513
wanny1555
as pale or white as a clout1557
bleak1566
mealy1566
pale-faced1570
ghastly1574
white-faced1577
bleakish1581
pallid1590
whiggish1590
tallow-faced1592
maid-pale1597
lily1600
whey-colour1602
lew1611
roseless1611
Hippocratical1615
cadaverousa1661
Hippocratic1681
smock-faced1684
white-looked1690
livid1728
as white (or pale) as a sheet1752
squalid1753
deathly1791
etiolated1791
light-skinned1802
suety1803
shilpit1813
blanched1828
tallowy1830
suet-faced1834
pasty1836
tallowish1838
whey-faced1847
pasty-faced1848
aghast1850
waxen1853
complexionless1863
light-skin1877
lily-cheeked1877
lardy1879
wan-faced1881
exsanguinous1889
wheatish1950
15.. Crt. of Love 781 And lily forhede had this creature.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vii. sig. G.iijv It shall be euen so, by his lily woundes.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C2 He..Lickt her lilly hands with fawning tong.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 36 Lilly cheekes whereon beside Buds of roses shew their pride.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. A4 She turnd her smocke ouer her Lilly armes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 152 The ayre hath..pinch'd the lilly-tincture of her face.
a1618 J. Sylvester Sonn. xxii, in Wks. (1880) II. 325/2 Thy brow..Fairer then snow, or the most lilly thing.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. S7v The lilly-wristed Morne.
1649 J. Dryden Upon Death Ld. Hastings in R. Brome Lachrymæ Musarum 90 Blisters..Like Rose-buds, stuck i' th' lily-skin about.
1720 J. Gay Sweet William's Farewell 48 Adieu, she cries! and wav'd her lilly hand.
a1810 Surtees Barthram's Dirge v They rowed him in a lily-sheet, And bare him to his earth.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 162 No little lily-handed Baronet he.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 147 Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule v. 75 He was no mere lily-fingered idler about town.
1877 W. C. Bryant Little People in Poems 110 She saw a little creature, lily-cheeked.
b. Pale, pallid, colourless, bloodless; lily-livered adj. white-livered, cowardly. lily-liver n. a ‘lily-livered’ person. lily-liveredly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]
blatec1000
whiteOE
greena1275
blakec1275
bleykea1300
wana1300
palec1330
bleach1340
pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374
colourlessc1380
deadlyc1385
deadc1386
bloodlessc1450
earthlyc1460
ruddylessc1460
wan visaged?a1513
wanny1555
as pale or white as a clout1557
bleak1566
mealy1566
pale-faced1570
ghastly1574
white-faced1577
bleakish1581
pallid1590
whiggish1590
tallow-faced1592
maid-pale1597
lily1600
whey-colour1602
lew1611
roseless1611
Hippocratical1615
cadaverousa1661
Hippocratic1681
smock-faced1684
white-looked1690
livid1728
as white (or pale) as a sheet1752
squalid1753
deathly1791
etiolated1791
light-skinned1802
suety1803
shilpit1813
blanched1828
tallowy1830
suet-faced1834
pasty1836
tallowish1838
whey-faced1847
pasty-faced1848
aghast1850
waxen1853
complexionless1863
light-skin1877
lily-cheeked1877
lardy1879
wan-faced1881
exsanguinous1889
wheatish1950
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]
arghc885
heartlessOE
bloodlessc1225
coward1297
faintc1300
nesha1382
comfortless1387
pusillanimousa1425
faint-heartedc1440
unheartyc1440
cowardous1480
hen-hearteda1529
cowardish1530
feigningc1540
white-livered1546
cowardly1551
faceless1567
pusillanime1570
liver-hearted1571
cowish1579
cowardise1582
coward-like1587
faint-heart1590
courageless1593
sheep-like1596
white-hearted1598
milky1602
milk-livered1608
undaring1611
lily-livereda1616
yarrow1616
flightful1626
chicken-hearted1629
poltroon1649
cow-hearted1660
whey-blooded1675
unbravea1681
nimble-heeled1719
dunghill1775
shrimp-hearted1796
chicken-livered1804
white-feathered1816
pluckless1821
chicken-spirited1822
milk-blooded1822
cowardy1836
yellow1856
yellow-livered1857
putty-hearted1872
uncourageous1878
chicken1883
piker1901
yellow-bellied1907
manso1932
scaredy-cat1933
chickenshit1940
cold-footed1944
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)
coward?a1289
hen-hearta1450
staniel?a1500
pigeon?1571
cow1581
quake-breech1584
cow-baby1594
custard1598
chicken heart1602
nidget1605
hen?1613
faintling1614
white-liver1614
chickena1616
quake-buttocka1627
skitterbrooka1652
dunghill1761
cow-heart1768
shy-cock1768
fugie1777
slag1788
man of chaff1799
fainter1826
possum1833
cowardy, cowardy, custard1836
sheep1840
white feather1857
funk1859
funkstick1860
lily-liver1860
faint-heart1870
willy boy1895
blert1905
squib1908
fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23
manso1912
feartie1923
yellowbelly1927
chicken liver1930
boneless wonder1931
scaredy-cat1933
sook1933
pantywaist1935
punk1939
ringtail1941
chickenshit1945
candy-ass1953
pansy-ass1963
unbrave1981
bottler1994
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adverb]
arghlyc1000
faintly1297
cowardlyc1380
coward-like1587
pusillanimously1602
hen-heartedly1799
turpidly1866
lily-liveredly1929
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 327 These lilly lippes, this cherry nose, These yellow cowslippe cheekes. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 17 Go pricke thy face, and ouer-red thy feare Thou Lilly-liuer'd Boy. View more context for this quotation
1805 J. Baillie Rayner i. i. 9 That plain word Still makes Sebastian, like a squeamish dame, Shrink and look lily-fac'd.
1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xiv Surely..you will not be so lily-livered as to fall into this trap which he has baited for you.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Roundabout Papers (1869) xii. 130 When people were yet afraid of me..I always knew that I was a lily-liver.
1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 48 It's either you fight or you die, Die, die, lily-liveredly die.
1934 D. Thomas Let. 14 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 92 As the black man must have first regarded the features of his lily-faced brother.
Compounds
C1. Simple attributive.
a. † lily crop n. Obsolete
lily-avenue n.
ΚΠ
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 59 A lily-avenue climbing to the doors.
lily-bank n.
ΚΠ
1723 A. Ramsay Fair Assembly x Like lily-banks see how they rise.
lily-bed n.
ΚΠ
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 11 Where I may wallow in the lilly beds Propos'd for the deseruer. View more context for this quotation
lily-bloom n.
ΚΠ
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 84 White lily-blooms.
lily-bud n.
ΚΠ
1877 W. C. Bryant Sella in Poems 344 She laid The light-brown tresses smooth, and in them twined The lily-buds.
lily-bulb n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies > part of lily
lily-bulbc1420
lily-rootc1450
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 538 Now lilly bulbes sowe Or sette.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies > part of
lily crop1390
Pythagorean bean1483
Egyptian bean1551
lily-pad1843
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 249 The lilie croppes on and on..He smot of.
lily-crown n.
ΚΠ
c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 708 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 27 His angelis..with lely and rose-cronis in hand.
lily family n.
lily-garth n.
ΚΠ
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ciii/2 Ye Lilygarth, lilietum.
lily group n.
lily-honey n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [noun] > other types of honey
clarified honeya1450
flower-honey1577
corn-honey1609
stone-honey1609
hive-honey1653
grass-honey1658
lily-honey1658
stock-honey1742
heather-honey1826
clover honey-
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 908 It takes the name of Grasse-honey,..Lilly-honey, Violet-honey, &c., respect being had to those things from which it is collected.
lily-root n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies > part of lily
lily-bulbc1420
lily-rootc1450
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 211 Tak lylie rote.
lily shade n.
ΚΠ
1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 51 Sweet downie thoughts; soft Lilly-shades, calm streams.
b. Similative.
lily-clear adj.
ΚΠ
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 309 Her face is lily-clear—Lily-shaped.
lily-coloured adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as lily
lily-whitea1350
lily15..
lily-whiteda1560
lily-like1652
lily-colouredc1866
c1866 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 32 Lily-coloured clothes provide Your spouse not laboured-at nor spun.
1875 R. Browning Inn Album ii. 72 My big and bony, here, against the bunch Of lily-coloured five with signet-ring.
lily-green adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green
willow-green1672
oil-green1673
lily-green1739
celadon1768
nascent green1839
ice-green1863
eau-de-nil1870
Nile green1871
absinthe1872
reseda1874
feuille1883
mignonette1883
chartreuse1884
water-green1884
mignonette-green1888
Nile1895
serpent1895
willow1922
peppermint1930
kelly1936
the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > light green
beryl1594
spring green1735
water-green1757
berylline1847
chlorinea1849
peppermint1868
reseda1873
absinthe1963
lily-green1965
pepperminty1981
1739 tr. Art of Painting in Miniature (ed. 4) 13 Lilly-Green, Sap-Green, and Gamboge..must be temper'd with fair Water only.
1965 S. Gibbons in J. Gibb Light on C. S. Lewis v. 87 Here she was, the right descendant of Grendel, with her lily-green complexion.
lily-scented adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective] > smelling of specific things
rosat?c1425
rosetc1450
rosed1559
musked1576
musky1580
rosya1586
myrrhed1591
muskifiedc1600
roseal1601
olibian1605
roseate1611
honeysuckled1640
myrrhate1659
muscatelline1673
myrrhy1686
muskish1706
thymy1746
rose-scented1759
civeted1785
lily-scented1796
ottoed1810
citron-scented1817
camphory1826
camphoraceous1845
tea-scented1845
frankincensed1860
rose-like1866
sagey1871
camphorous1881
osier-odoured1881
lemony1894
lavendery1896
patchoulied1925
1796 S. T. Coleridge Poems 18 Summer's lily-scented plume.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. vii. 50 The sword I wear shall pink His lily-scented cassock through and through.
1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 31 Out of a wound that never heals Rills forth the lily-scented blood.
lily-shaped adj.
ΚΠ
1821 J. S. Miller (title) A Natural History of the Crinoidea, or Lily-shaped Animals.
lily-shining adj.
ΚΠ
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 79 Half-naked..lay The lily-shining child.
lily-sweet adj.
ΚΠ
1931 V. Woolf Waves 290 Let us commit any blasphemy of laughter and criticism rather than exude this lily-sweet glue.
lily-whitening adj.
ΚΠ
a1743 R. Savage Employm. of Beauty 44 The well-rang'd teeth in lily-whitening rows.
lily-yellow adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > other yellows
honey-yellow1615
butter-coloured1629
gamboge1819
honey-gold1849
lily-yellowc1865
apple-yellow1884
goldenrod1905
mimosa1928
c1865 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1948) 122 Lily-yellow is the west.
c.
lily-like adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as lily
lily-whitea1350
lily15..
lily-whiteda1560
lily-like1652
lily-colouredc1866
1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 23 That Rose and Lilly-like colour mingled together.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 72 The lilylike Melissa droop'd her brows.
d. Instrumental and locative.
lily-cradled adj.
ΚΠ
1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 52 The golden bee Is lilycradled.
lily-crowned adj.
ΚΠ
1746 J. Warton Ode to Fancy 55 Nodding their lilly-crowned heads.
lily-paved adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [adjective] > of or having lilies
lily-paved1605
lilied1645
lily-pavena1822
regale1920
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 289 By some cleere Riuer's lilly-paued side.
lily-paven adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [adjective] > of or having lilies
lily-paved1605
lilied1645
lily-pavena1822
regale1920
a1822 P. B. Shelley Triumph of Life in Posthumous Poems (1824) 88 O'er lily-paven lakes.
lily-robed adj.
lily-silvered adj.
ΚΠ
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 295 To Isles of Fragrance, Lilly-silver'd Vales.
lily-strangled adj.
ΚΠ
1887 R. Browning Parleyings in Wks. (1896) II. 722/1 Some lily-strangled pool.
C2. Special combinations. Also lily-flower n., lily-pot n., lily-white adj.† lily-water n. Obsolete a ‘water’ distilled from lilies.
lily-beetle n. the beetle Crioceris merdigera, parasitic on lilies.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Chrysomelidae > member of genus Crioceris
asparagus-beetle1815
lily-beetle1854
1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 204 Lily-Beetles (Crioceridæ).
lily-bell n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lily of the valley
great park lily1538
May lily1548
lily of the valley1563
wood lily1563
liriconfancy1567
May blossoms1578
lily convally1597
valley-lily1597
wood-lily1597
lily-bell1729
vale-lily1823
lily cup1826
mugget1866
1729 T. Cooke Tales 82 The Poet..To render his Melissa vain, Calls her the Lilly of the Vale..The Tears, with which her Eyelids swell, Are Dewdrops on the Lillybell.
1854 F. Tennyson Days & Hours 87 Some lilybells Pluckt ere the flush of dawn.
lily cup n. the flower of the lily-of-the-valley.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lily of the valley
great park lily1538
May lily1548
lily of the valley1563
wood lily1563
liriconfancy1567
May blossoms1578
lily convally1597
valley-lily1597
wood-lily1597
lily-bell1729
vale-lily1823
lily cup1826
mugget1866
1826 T. Hood I Remember 11 The violets and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of light.
lily-encrinite n. an encrinite resembling a lily in shape.
ΚΠ
1808 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World II. 174 The Lily Encrinite [described].
lily-iron n. a harpoon having a detachable head used in killing sword-fish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > spear > [noun]
pricka1350
garfanglec1440
wawsper1472
spear1551
waster1580
fizgig1589
visgee1593
fish-spear1611
glaive1640
fish-giga1642
gaff1656
gig1705
lance1728
sticker1772
graina1818
picaroon1837
pickpole1837
fishing-spear1840
lily-iron1852
gambeering iron1883
mackerel gaff1883
1852 M. H. Perley Rep. Fisheries New Brunswick (ed. 2) 187 They [sword-fish] are captured by means of an instrument called a ‘lily-iron’, from the form of its shaft, or wings, which resemble the leaves of a lily.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Sword-fish lily-irons and lances and harpoons.
lily-pad n. originally U.S. the broad flat leaf of a water-lily as it lies on the water.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies > part of
lily crop1390
Pythagorean bean1483
Egyptian bean1551
lily-pad1843
1843 Knickerbocker 22 1 Huge moccasin darting away beneath the dense reeds and lily-pads of the swamp.
1868 J. R. Lowell Under Willows in Poet. Wks. (1879) 373/2 A pike lurks balanced 'neath the lily-pads.
1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks v. 65 A deer, feeding among the lily-pads.
1888 Nation (N.Y.) 19 July 57/2 The trout breaking at the edge of the lily-pads.
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) prol. 2 Shallow blue water from which the great white paper-barks tower shadowing the lily-pads.
1958 G. Durrell Encounters with Animals i. 38 I had watched her standing on the lily-pads.
lily-pond n. a pond in which water-lilies are grown.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > where lilies grow
lily-pond1901
1901 G. Jekyll Wall & Water Gardens xx. 161 Such a scene as Mr. Robinson's Lily pond in North Sussex..could scarcely be bettered.
1974 R. Harris Double Snare iv. 27 From the direction of the lily pond comes the croak of little frogs.
lily-star n. (a) = feather-star n. at feather n. Compounds 2a, a crinoid of the family Comatulidæ; (b) the star-like flower of the water-lily.
ΚΠ
1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 334 Pedunculated Lily-stars (Pentacrinitidæ).
1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady 121 Mid splashing waters, sedge, and lily stars.
lily-trotter n. a water-bird of the family Jacanidæ, esp. Actophilornis africana, found in tropical Africa, or Microparra capensis, the lesser lily-trotter, found in east Africa; also = jacana n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of family Jacanidae (jacana)
jacana1753
lotus bird1839
surgeon1855
surgeon-bird1870
lily-trotter1920
1920 Blackwood's Mag. May 649/2 The busy lily trotter, hurrying across the broad flat water-lily leaves.
1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 82 Those strange little birds, the lily-trotters.
1958 G. Durrell Encounters with Animals i. 35 It is with the aid of these long toes and the even distribution of weight that they give that the jacana manages to walk across water, using the water-lily leaves and other water-plants as its path~ways. It has thus earned its name of lily-trotter.
1971 Country Life 30 Sept. 830/1 The lakes [in Tanzania] give you close views of ibises, egrets,..lily trotters.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > aqueous decoction or infusion > specific
barley waterc1320
oak-water?1523
hydrelaeon?1550
plantain-water1588
lily-water1599
napha water1600
cowslip-water1612
water of magnanimity1659
succory water1670
lime-water1682
onion-water1694
pennyroyal water1699
balm-water1712
forge-water1725
laurel-water1731
aqua mirabilis1736
tar-water1740
milk of lime1784
laurel-cherry water1787
fly-water1815
herb-water1886
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 254/1 Take Lillyewater, Rosewater, and water of Mayflowers.
lily-work n. architectural decoration containing designs of lilies.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > fruit or flowers
lily-work1611
encarpa1662
rose1664
rosette1718
flower1730
corbeille1734
lotus1750
honeysuckle1770
pannier1781
lotus blossoma1794
lilying1874
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings vii. 19 The chapiters..were of lillie worke in the porch. View more context for this quotation
C3. In plant-names (of little currency):† lily-grass n. Obsolete Gerarde's name for an aquatic species of corn-flag ( Gladiolus).† lily jacinth n. Obsolete = lily hyacinth n.† lily leek n. Obsolete Gerarde's name for moly n.1† lily narcissus n. Obsolete a proposed name for the tulip.
lily asphodel n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > amaryllis
lily daffodil1733
belladonna lily1734
lily asphodel1753
Mexican lily1760
amaryllis1785
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Lilio-asphodelus... The common yellow flowered lilly-asphodel.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 Lily Asphodel, Amaryllis.
lily-bind n. (also lily-bine) dialect bindweed.
ΚΠ
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 244 Snow-white lily-bines, and light fragile hare-bells.
lily daffodil n. names for the genus Amaryllis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > amaryllis
lily daffodil1733
belladonna lily1734
lily asphodel1753
Mexican lily1760
amaryllis1785
1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Lilio-narcissus (is so called, because it resembles both these Plants), Lily-Daffodil.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 Lily Daffodil, Amaryllis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > gladioli or freesia
gladiolec1420
corn-flag1578
corn-sedge1597
lily-grass1597
sword-grass1598
petty gladdon1601
sword-lily1786
Afrikaner1801
freesia1879
kalkoentjie1906
painted lady1906
Afrikander1913
glad1923
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 27 Water Gladiole..hath on the top of euery rushie stalke, a fine vmble..of small flowers, in fashion of the Lillie of Alexandria, the which it is very like, and therefore I had rather call it the Lillie grasse.
lily hyacinth n. the genus Scilla, esp. S. Liliohyacinthus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth
harebell1387
crow-leekc1450
wild hyacinth1578
lily hyacinth1597
lily jacinth1597
culverkeysa1609
crow-bellsa1697
bluebell1755
wood hyacinth1897
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 98 The Lillie Hyacinth is called Hyacinthus Germanicus liliflorus, or Germanie Hyacinth, taken from the countrie where it naturally groweth wilde.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth
harebell1387
crow-leekc1450
wild hyacinth1578
lily hyacinth1597
lily jacinth1597
culverkeysa1609
crow-bellsa1697
bluebell1755
wood hyacinth1897
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 97 Hyacinthus stellatus Lilifolius. Lillie Iacinth.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > garlic > wild garlic
ramseOE
ramsonsOE
affodilla1400
ramps?a1425
ramsey1499
wild leek1551
bear's garlic1578
buckrams1578
lily leek1597
moly1597
vine-leek1597
wild chive1784
ramp1826
1597 J. Gerard Herball Table Eng. Names Lillie Leeke, that is Moly.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > tulip
lily narcissus1578
tulip1578
Turk's cap1597
breeder1660
fool's coat1669
morilliona1678
edger1688
eger1706
chequered tulip1759
parrot tulip?1786
verport1798
Rembrandt1829
bybloemen1843
wild tulip1861
Darwin tulip1889
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lii. 213 The greater is called both Tulpia, and Tulpian, and of some Tulipa,..we may call it Lillynarcissus.
lily pink n. the genus Aphyllanthes.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers
dog's tooth1578
daylily1597
mountain saffron1597
phalangium1608
Savoy spiderwort1629
hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) Lily pink, the plant Aphyllanthes monspeliensis.
lily thorn n. the genus Catesbæa.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > other thorn-trees
paliurec1384
paliurusa1398
sea-willow1548
Christ's thorn1553
buckler-thorn1562
garland-thorn1597
goat's thorn1597
Jews thorn1597
milk-vetch1597
sea-buckthorn1731
Spanish hedgehog thorn1760
sensitive briar1802
lily thorn1816
sallow thorn1847
cat-brier1875
1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal I. 267/2 Catesbæa Spinosa; Lily Thorn... Discovered near Nassau Town in Providence.
lilyworts n. Lindley's name for the family Liliaceæ.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun]
lilyworts1845
lilial alliance1846
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (new ed.) 135 (heading) Liliaceæ——Lilyworts.
Derivatives
ˈlilyfy v. (transitive) to make lily-like.
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1866 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt (1887) 109 The full moon's silvery beams shone on her rose-like cheeks and lilyfied them.
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