a plant and flower of the genus lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.-a name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as pancratium, crinum, amaryllis, nerine, etc.-that end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.