lily_(flower)
A flower of the genus Lilium in the family Liliaceae.
Lily flowers have 6 petals (technically 3 petals and 3 sepals) and come in a variety of shapes such as bell, flat, funnel, recurved, trumpet, etc. They can be almost any color, but white lilies are probably the most well-known kind, being either Lilium candidum (Madonna Lilies) or Lilium longiflorum (Easter Lily) with their characteristic trumpet shape.
Lilies are a symbol for Girls Love as well as an eponym for its alternate name yuri due to their Japanese name "yuri".
Examples
Other Liliaceae species
Flowers known as lilies
Note that these flowers are not species of the genus Lilium, so they should not be tagged Lily (flower)).
- Agapanthus (flower), African lily, Lily of the Nile
- Alstroemeria (flower), Lily of the Incas, Peruvian lily
- Amaryllis (flower), Belladonna lily, Easter lily, Jersey lily
- Clivia, Bush lily, Natal lily
- Convallaria, Lily of the valley
- Erythronium, Fawn lily, Trout lily
- Fritillaria, Black lily, Chocolate lily, Kamchatka lily
- Gloriosa (flower), Climbing/Creeping lily, Fire/Flame lily, Glory lily
- Hemerocallis, Daylily
- Lycoris, Spider lily
- Nymphaea, Water lily
- Ornithogalum, Grass lily
- Spathiphyllum, Peace lily
- Zantedeschia, Arum lily, Calla lily
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