Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species. · Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other. · The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis. · The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
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