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Date: 900-1000
Language: Latin
Origin: lilium

lily

 noun
     
lily
Related topics: Plants
lil‧y plural lilies [countable]
HBP one of several types of plant with large bell-shaped flowers of various colours, especially white

➔ gild the lily

at gild (3), water lily
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